Wierd noise

[jrhslick]

Driving my '66 Sport Fury i am hearing a whine from the rear of the car. Differential or rear bearings? Where would you look first?

 

[CBODY67]

Rear wheel bearing sounds can be varied, at about 55mpj or so, by swaying the car side to side on the highway. Not a solid sound, but more cyclic in nature. Kind of like a lower-pitched, light "whomp-whomp" sound. As the bearing is loaded and unloaded, the sound intensity will be louder and quieter as this happens on the failing bearing.

Might put the car on a drive-on lift, then elevate the rear axle to maintain ride height, as the car is carefully put into gear and the rear wheels turn to hopefully duplicate/locate the sound.

CBODY67

 

[volksworld]

wheel bearings are usually more of a rurr-rurr-rurr rumble rather than a whine...ring and pinion wear more of a whine...see if it varies from accel to decel

 

[66 Monaco 500 365]

Ring and pinion bearings usually change sounds between coasting and accelerating.
My $.02