Thread: 5th gear whine

It is possible that your 5th gear layshaft bearing looks like this.



Is there a similar noise in reverse too?

Wow that's some wear, what sort of work and how many ks??

Jhonno

I don't think it is there in reverse. Mind you I reverse pretty slow, so it may not be that evident. But on face value it seems as though it's only 5th gear.

Originally Posted by Jhonno

Wow that's some wear, what sort of work and how many ks??

Jhonno

The vehicle had done about 112,000 in the hands of the original owner and about another 50,000 since I bought it.

While the vehicle is fitted with a towbar, there is no evidence on the towball of it having been used a lot. A brief conversation about the vehicle with a part time employee of the original owner also gave no indication it had been used for heavy towing.

It had obviously not done any extreme 4WDing and may not have ever been offroad until I bought it.

The noise appeared to have developed very quickly, but I might have missed it in the early stages because I first noticed it when I was going a little faster than normal and using a bit more throttle than normal in 5th gear.

In fact there is nothing in particular about the distance the vehicle had covered or the way it had been driven (as far as I know) to explain why the bearing should have so much wear.