How much noise is a 5-speed supposed to make?
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How much noise is a 5-speed supposed to make?
Ever since I replaced my clutch and transmission fluid a couple months ago, my transmission has been whining. I'm using the Ford MTX fluid, and I put in an FM stage 1 clutch. Did I do something wrong or is the new fluid making it whine or something?
I can only hear it at low speeds, or when in neutral with the clutch out. It's not really loud, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't ever this loud before. This transmission has about 55k miles, and about 3k of those are turbo'd.
I can only hear it at low speeds, or when in neutral with the clutch out. It's not really loud, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't ever this loud before. This transmission has about 55k miles, and about 3k of those are turbo'd.
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Bearings get loud, it happens. My 5-speed in the daily was previously owned by a drifter, the trans is loud, and has been for the last 40,000 miles. My 6-speed is pretty loud too. Put a spare in the garage, you may never need it.
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So I should just keep driving it and hope? Is there some common mistake while changing fluid and clutch that would cause this noise? I'm pretty sure it started suddenly.
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Ever since I replaced my clutch and transmission fluid a couple months ago, my transmission has been whining. I'm using the Ford MTX fluid, and I put in an FM stage 1 clutch. Did I do something wrong or is the new fluid making it whine or something?
I can only hear it at low speeds, or when in neutral with the clutch out. It's not really loud, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't ever this loud before. This transmission has about 55k miles, and about 3k of those are turbo'd.
I can only hear it at low speeds, or when in neutral with the clutch out. It's not really loud, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't ever this loud before. This transmission has about 55k miles, and about 3k of those are turbo'd.
Generally it only effects the box when in overrun, but if yours is badly out it could effect it all the time.
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Ever since I replaced my clutch and transmission fluid a couple months ago, my transmission has been whining. I'm using the Ford MTX fluid, and I put in an FM stage 1 clutch. Did I do something wrong or is the new fluid making it whine or something?
I can only hear it at low speeds, or when in neutral with the clutch out. It's not really loud, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't ever this loud before. This transmission has about 55k miles, and about 3k of those are turbo'd.
I can only hear it at low speeds, or when in neutral with the clutch out. It's not really loud, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't ever this loud before. This transmission has about 55k miles, and about 3k of those are turbo'd.
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The transmissions that I broke the drive gears for the secondary shaft all squealed shortly before they went. Think I've broke 3 of them like that. loos every gear but fourth. I think it is a bearing in the transmission that allows the shafts to separate a bit when it goes out and then the teeth break as they get more tip loaded.
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I broke one just like this. They will squeal and holler before they let go from bearing failure. I used a quart of lucas oil stabilizer, and a quart of their regular old gear oil, and mine shut up. This isn't conventional miata wisdom, but hey.
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How to do it is in the Miata manual Brain hosts in the useful saved posts area, it's very simple to do, just jack the tail of the box up to a certain height in relation to the frame rails. There's a large-ish tolerance but not enough to cover the tail dropped as far as it can attached to the PPF.
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yeah.
FSM shows the:
Fork pivot joint
Fork "fingers" where the TOB sits
Input shaft
TOB "guides" the hold to fork
I have yet to grease the springs on the disc, but i see that as well.
After doing those spots, I have no more clutch noise.
FSM shows the:
Fork pivot joint
Fork "fingers" where the TOB sits
Input shaft
TOB "guides" the hold to fork
I have yet to grease the springs on the disc, but i see that as well.
After doing those spots, I have no more clutch noise.