{"id":17219,"date":"2023-01-30T14:02:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T19:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=17219"},"modified":"2023-01-30T14:02:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T19:02:25","slug":"front-axle-click-sound-in-2wd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=17219","title":{"rendered":"Front Axle Click Sound in 2WD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A squeak or click sound may be heard coming from the front of some 2019-2022 Silverado 1500, Sierra 1500; 2021-2022 Tahoe, Suburban, Yukon and Escalade models equipped with all-wheel drive\/four-wheel drive and front axle RPO SU4. The sound may be heard with the vehicle in 2WD but goes away in 4WD.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the sound is heard, it may be caused by the left-side front axle output shaft. (Fig. 9, #2) The sound does not affect the durability or operation of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17205\" src=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/F09-front-axle-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/F09-front-axle-1.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/F09-front-axle-1-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/F09-front-axle-1-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/F09-front-axle-1-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test drive the vehicle to confirm the sound is present. During a test drive, it may be easiest to duplicate the condition in warmer ambient temperatures after approximately 30 miles (48 km) of driving.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After confirming the sound is present and isolated to the front-left axle seal area, replace the left-side front axle output shaft (or front-wheel drive shaft). A new part number is available, which includes the slinger (Fig. 10, #1) and retaining ring. The slinger and retaining ring are single-use parts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To replace the left front-wheel drive shaft, refer to Front Wheel Drive Shaft Seal Replacement &#8211; Left Side or Front Wheel Drive Shaft Replacement &#8211; Left Side (SU4) in the appropriate Service Information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17206\" src=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/F10-front-axle-slinger-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/F10-front-axle-slinger-4.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/F10-front-axle-slinger-4-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/F10-front-axle-slinger-4-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/F10-front-axle-slinger-4-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TIP:<\/strong> The repair with the new part number is different than previous repair attempts. Any vehicle that has had a previous repair attempted and\/or the condition has returned prior to January 27, 2022, should have this repair performed with the new part number.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refer to Bulletin #22-NA-251 for more information and part numbers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>&#8211; Thanks to Robert Cross<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A squeak or click sound may be heard coming from the front of some 2019-2022 Silverado 1500, Sierra 1500; 2021-2022 Tahoe, Suburban, Yukon and Escalade models equipped with all-wheel drive\/four-wheel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2023-january-b"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17219"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17221,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17219\/revisions\/17221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}