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Well we just put the old half shafts back on and the noise is gone so I guess we experienced the same thing. I am not sure why the new half shafts are making the noise. My first set was a cheap set off ebay, the second set I put on was from hummerpartsguy and were OEM. Both made the same...
Reinstalled the shims and the noise did not stop. Again there was no noise before removing shims and installing new rear half shafts. We raised it up on lift and looked and disc and calipers and saw no issues. Braked while on lift and getting wheels spinning and did not hear noise. Sounds...
@Ken Hey Ken thanks for the reply. Everything looks good. The only change is the removal of the shims and new half shafts. Again, I only hear the grinding when I first apply the brakes then it subsides. The lighter I press on the brakes the worse the noise sounds. This didn't happen before...
Hey guys,
I replaced both ebay bought rear half shafts with two american ones from hummerpartsguy. The grinding sound remains. It is loudest when I lightly press on brake. Again this sound wasn't there before I replaced rear half shafts and removed rear shims. Could removal of rear shims...
I'm sure that is the issue. The two I replaced on the front are probably the same as I bought them off ebay but I haven't had issues from them when replaced. Again the listing states they are 10K U.S. made half shafts but I don't have way to verify that is the truth. The only time that I hear...
Hey guys,
I took the hmmwv to my buddy's shop today. I replaced both rear half shafts and removed the shims in the rear. There were 2 shims on the passenger side rear and 4 shims on the drivers side rear. I removed all of them as most of the people in post I have read of doing it take them...
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