Gen1 Creaking from the rear..............

[VIPER BAZ UK]

Gone over every bolt,bush and mount you could think of..
And its still creaking..

Pull forward and it creaks stop and go forward again and its fine but if you go back it creaks then forward it creaks...

I did notice the Limited slip was not very strong IE i can spin one wheel one way and the other wheel the other way by hand with very little effort..
Could it be the clutches creaking in side the rear end????

Any ideas???????????

 

[vettekiller]

try to loosen the axle nuts push the rear axle spline in and lube it then retighten them.

 

[VIPER BAZ UK]

Cheers for the reply.....
Any others??????????

 

[dave6666]

You know, when you're at the doctor's office complaining the your elbow hurts when you get in a funny position, sometimes the doctor might say to not get in that funny position any more and your elbow won't hurt.

Baz... Stop backing up and then pulling forward. Duh!

Have you checked caliper mounts? Wheel lug torques? Are those included in the above mentioned exercise?

 

[Paul S Lacey]

Could also be prop or drive shaft UJ's one direction takes up the slack

 

[dave6666]

Could also be prop or drive shaft UJ's one direction takes up the slack

Or to continue that thought... What about the halfshaft splines, if they were dry? The car will lift in the rear when backing and then settle when pulling forward again. Changing the length of the halfshafts.

 

[VIPER BAZ UK]

All done and dusted....................

Looks like it was the hub nut....
Took the hubs off and where the hub mounts to the half shaft was shiney as in looks like there may of been some movment..
Greased it all up inc splines and re torqued..So far so good......

 

[mike & juli]

A mouse loose?? Squeak/Squeak??? ~juli