Thanks guys.
I was thinking ring and pinion . The center carrier bearing is a good thought . It seemed tight when I checked it , but it could be bad .
I just bought the van about a month ago and thought it would be a pretty easy fix as for the drive line . I think that I've just tried to do to much at one time and now I'm a little burned out . Nothing has worked as one would expect it to . Fix this and then that breaks, if you know what I mean .
The diff in this truck doesn't have a removable rear cover . It's the old style diff that the whole carrier is removed from the front . I think its an Eaton...does that sound right?
The only diff that I recall that was like this ones design was my 63 Impala.
I'll check that center bearing again . The PO did say that it was howling for quite awhile before it was parked, which was 7 or 8 years ago . I did check the diff oil and it was down about a half a pint . No big deal . And the oil was clean as well .
This problem may or may not be a simple fix. The trip to my home is was just over 20 miles. Wouldn't a bad bearing fail in that distance?
I do like the idea of the center bearing being a cause of the noise because the noise seems to be in between the trans and the diff .
I'll try to post some pictures in the gallery , but I'm not the best at uploading things .
Again, thanks for all of the tips . You folks are the best!
