Im not so much worried/bothered by the sound if I can rule out the rear-end as being a possibility, thats what I was trying to get at.

 

I see. Like I said, if it's bad, it'll get louder and louder. You can't rule out anything on the basis of an internet diagnosis.

 

I have this EXACT SAME PROBLEM, it just started, this is an old thread but didnt look concluded and since I am FREAKIGN OUT about this i thought id revive it, ITS DRIVING ME crazy, did you ever find a fix for it or just live with it

 

think i have the same noise. anyone have a solution? Im getting the tranny fluid changed next week hopefully thats a fix.

 

well I have heard it in other ones when I paid attention. There seems some normal faint whining/whistling, and one that can be cured. Do a search on "shifter ringing" or something like that, you have to re-lube it, and it made mine shift a little better too. Not too hard to do, took me about 10-15 min.

 

my whine turned out to be my diff, but....... the whine could be almost anything... tranny, shifter ring etc. I would get it checked out, my whole diff had to be replaced

 

well the diff will generally whine louder as speed increases or load increases right?

 

you are correct

 

so you guys got your problem fixed yet??

I got this problem also....