i have a horrible whining/grinding noise when i shift through the first 3 gears, and when the stick is in neutral and its getting louder everyday. mechanic told me throw out bearing, and an .orger said gear bearings which would mean a rebuild. anyone done a rebuild or experienced the same problem?? and if so point me in the right direction to take.
thanks

1998 se 5spd.

 

done with this problem before it was input shaft bearing on mine made similar noise ur talking about u wont know until u take the tranny apart,
oh does the noise stay on when driving or only when u shift

 

no, it is there all the time, but you can bearly hear it in 4th and 5th

 

motorvate.ca rebuilt trans.....he has a good writeup on it

 

mine had the noise loudest in 1st 2nd after that could barley hear it. I got it rebuilt for like 500 but i took it out and gave it to tranny shop myself save some money that way full rebuilt will prob run u 700-900 depending whats wrong

 

the best is to change all 6 bearings in the tranny 2input shaft;2main and 2on the diff.
i reuse the old shims if the bearings are not blue if blue u have to reshim if you do not have a press and a service manual it is best to have a tranny shop do it

 

I was having some noise from my gearbox. It finally got stuck in 1st so I got a newer gearbox to replace it. When I pulled the gearbox off, I found that the throw out bearing was causing a lot of the noise that I was hearing. It sounded like a dried out bearing off a k-mart skateboard.

Now I am just waiting for my clutch to arrive so I can put it all back together.

 

how hard was it to change the throw out bearing

 

maxout,
let us know how reassembly goes. oh, and wish me luck everybody...gonna attempt to change the throw out bearing in my max friday.

long live the maxima (except the 6th gens...yuck)

 

I had the same problems. Then I was no longer able to shift into 1st or 2nd. THe noise got way louder over the weekend. I dropped it off at the shop yesterday, and they quoted me $1300. I just hope it lasts a while after this rebuild. I can't believe the trans is sh&tting on me at 85k.