The 93 has died and I want to swap the 93 to the 95.. the 95 seems to be making a noise from the rear. Don't think its coming from the diff. You can hear it when you drive by parked cars or are close by a building. I makes a sound like"ssshhhhhh" Bearings??? The 93 is SILENT and seems in great shape..How do you check these things? Oil level is ok..Can u-joints make a sound like this? the sound is there on or off the gas. How hard is it to swap these out and is there a search item for it... Thanks!

sounds like wheel bearings to me.

Make sure they have the same gears ratio.

Could be coming from your brakes also. Have someone else in the vehicle stick their head out the window while you drive slowly and see if they can tell which wheel the noise is coming from - that'll at least give you a location to start looking. Then you can jack up that corner and rotate the wheel by hand and try to determine where the noise is coming from. It could be something as simple as a rock caught in the brakes or the brake backing plate making contact with the rotor after having been bent by hitting something in the road.

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Thanks for the tips.. Its raining now so the next dry day I'll give it a go. Hope it is the brakes!