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Originally Posted by sublettm
I'm not that familiar with the 80SD, but do they have axle boots like the 123's? If so, are they torn? If so, you might in fact have a bad axle. The noise you describe sounds like the same noise I have encountered in two of my cars when I had axles go bad.
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yeah, I have boots on my axles, and they are I guess in fair shape slightly cracked but not torn or leaking.
a revelation...the inner differential seal is leaking a bit, on the side with the noise, could a bad axle moving around enough to cause a noise damage the seal and cause it to leak?
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