[transmaro93]

yea i mean i'm not incompetent... im not a rear specialist but i know what im looking at. I would help to have someone that works on them all the time check it out. i either need to buy or borrow some tools next week to check the back lash and then check the preload on the pinion... if i had to guess i would say the pinon lost its preload and that's why its whining and growling and also why the pinion maybe have moved and rubbed and would also explain why its leaking. if this is the case the only thing i don't know is that if the gears at this point are unusable... i drove maybe the most 40 miles like that home from etown and then its been parked ever since... with all that said i read numerous threads on the crap quality control that strange apparently has from stories of them not setting the gears up right to just flat out leaving out seals and reluctor wheels and stuff. one guy on tech has a thread about the same crap that happened to me. rear was silent untill some track passes and then it was whining and leaking turns out the pinion nut backed out so he replaced the seal and reset the preload and he was fine, hopefully thats my problem. So we will see. i replaced the axles bearings and seals so i know they are good. anybody know if strange uses a crush collar on their rears or if they use a solid spacer. Im going to call them but just checking if anybody knows. thanks for the feed back guys ill keep you guys posted!