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pinion shaft bearing. My gf 99 amigo had a whine under load in the rear, so i changed the fluid, milky coffee looking fluid. Changed it, whine still there and got worse. Pinion seal then broke, changed that and noticed the bearings were really loose. So, loose bad bearsing could be the noise itself or now that the bearsing are loose, the gears arent meshing like they should.

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fluid was clear but not new, just changed it (above), whine still there and getting worse... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cyclops.gif" alt="" />

This is highly highly likely. Replaced a broken pinion seal about 6 months ago, but didn't replace the bearing. Did your whines go away once you replaced the pinion bearing?

Many thanks...for this...even though I would like to simply ignore it to justify the locker rebuild. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />