Recently had my 2016 JK regeared with 5.13's. Jeep is running 37's. Within the first 24 hours started hearing a whine when accelerating from about 65mph and up. The sound comes on after driving the jeep 5-10 minutes after the gear oil presumably warms up. Noise isn't terribly loud but enough to be annoying as hell. The shop that did the regear is very reputable. I took it back and the owner said he couldn't hear the noise or that it was maybe the tires. I don't think the tires would change pitch when changing from accel to decel. I also wonder if they test drove it when the rear end was cold because the sound is harder to hear until warmed up. They're going to pull the covers at the 500 mark to change the oil and check the lash.
My questions are:
Here's the video. It's not terribly loud but enough for my crappy iphone mic to pick it up from the front seat:
Thanks for any input.
My questions are:
- 1 - Will checking the patterns on the gears identify any potential issue?
- 2 - Am I being too picky and this is "normal" for 5.13's?
Here's the video. It's not terribly loud but enough for my crappy iphone mic to pick it up from the front seat:
Thanks for any input.