My rear differential is making a popping sound. I thought it was a CV joint at first, but those are all tight and in good shape.
Prior to this popping, I did replace the rear right outer CV joint, so I thought it was from me putting something back together wrong. I suspect now that the CV joint wasn’t what was making the noise before, I had a bad boot and assume noise was from CV joint. The noise is however much louder now.
There is a lot of slop in the drive shaft and I am hoping that it is just that, however I thought I would consult with you guys before I started ripping anything apart.
Here are two videos, one of the noise and one showing the slop in the drive shaft.
https://goo.gl/photos/5PziVEXRBbz2vUWUA
EDIT: The video above is in 2WD Neutral. After making a few pops the noise goes away for a while in that direction, it’s when I turn the wheel backwards a bit, then try to go forward, I feel a great deal of resistance then the pop happens and it turns again.
Thanks,
David
