UPDATE: Please see current post. This description combines two separate issues. Please do not post
My 95 awd started making this howling sound a couple weeks ago on deceleration. When accelerating, no sound...let off, howling like a bad wheel bearing. I couldn't tell where it was coming from, except that it was on the driver's side.
I thought it was probably a wheel bearing, but it didn't get better/worse on right or left turning so thought it may be something else.
I decided to take it in and have them check the fluid, rear diff and transmission was fine. Took the car home and checked the front diff...completely dry
oh crap, just got my 4.44 last year
and put a lot of money into it. Why was it dry???
Filled it up now and took it for a drive...still makes the noise. Then put the fwd fuse in, and the noise is gone! Maybe the fuse did something, or the fluid finally got distributed throughout.
1. Why would putting the fwd fuse in change anything?
2. Why would the sound come from the driver's side if it's the diff?
3. If it's a bearing, will it continue to get worse after adding fluid or stay the same?
Any ideas/feedback welcome!