Stupid car is making horrid noise comming from the motor. I have no idea why oil has always been changed regularly with only mobil 1 Synthetic. Going to stealer ship tomorrow and i will know for sure.

 

if any one can host it i have a video clip of how it sounds

 

www.yousendit.com

then just post the link here

 

What were you doing when this happened.

 

waiting in line at wendys to pick up my order.

 

Highly highly doubt it is a spun rod bearing. Does the whine go away when the clutch pedal is pushed in?

 

Exactly what makes you think you spun a bearing?? If you actually did spin one, I highly doubt would be driving your car to the dealer the next day

 

yes..... i noticed this today when my friend and i were trying to figure it out, when i stick the clutch in it goes away. i think its the clutch release bearing

 

Dont think it is the release bearing... More than likely it is one of the main or input shaft bearings on the tranny. Eric and I just got his resolved on his 96 I30 5spd.

The funny thing is that we first noticed the whine at the drive through at Wendy's too! He thought that it was the throw out too but after reading this: http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....g+clutch+noise

I convinced him other wise. He taliked to the guys at the tranny shop and they agreed that it was an internal bearing. So we pulled his tranny (for the 3rd time) and dropped it off at the tranny shop for a complete rebuild. We put the thing back in WITH the old release bearing (only had a few K on it since we were in there last fall to replace is sh!tty spec clutch that fried after 8K) and the whine is now gone.

The shop gave us a box full of bearings and syncros and I must say that those bearings had some decent wear to them. One in paticular was extremely pitted all over the rollers.

I would drop in that 96 I30 5spd you got layin around. Since that thing was recently rebuilt, you should be good to go for a while once it is in.

 

awesome its only my tranny ...... Good thing i didn't sell the I30 tranny like i sold that ECU.....Hopefully i am not going to need to flywheel

 

Think of this as a bizarre act of God to get you to finally feel the awsome launch with the lsd . Plus, you can now throw in a 5th gen clutch while you are at it .

Payment sent for that flywheel ... But your 99 will work fine. Unless of course you wanna dip your toes in dangerous waters and install an aftermarket one.

 

Probably input shaft bearing, most common culprit. If you spun a main bearing you wouldn't be driving your car at all most likely. It would probably be dead as fried chicken.

 

Sound clip:

http://www.v6atlanta.com/bijan/MOV00185.MPG

 

Is that a vid of Zack's car or what?

 

Yep that is a vid of my car...thanks bijan.
Well Thankful i took the car for a ride this morning on my way to class and i noticed when i pushed the clutch in the noise would go away and the car also accelerated normally and shifter fine so i guess i was being over zealous with my conclusion about spun bearing. At the time when i tried to determine the noise it sounded like it was comming from the motor. The noise isn't as loud today it comes and goes. As long as the clutch is in it stops i assume it probally still makes the noise when i am driving in gear? It sucks to my clutch is still mint 125k and no sign of slipage.Now i will need to replace the Clutch since the tranny will be off. My plan is to drive it until the tranny breaks then i will have the I30t Vlsd tranny installed.THANK GOD i didn't sell it.
For laughs i went to car-part to find any tranny in this area open or locking there were very few with high milage. What confuses me the most is what would cause something like this to go wrong with a transmission? I have been using MT90 Gear oil and it shifts so good no grinding. I can get into 1st if i am in 2nd at a 2-mph roll? I thought 1999 tranmissions were least prone to this problem? My car is a late production 1999 also since its is a SE-L.
Could it just be the throw bearing? I have always gotten a wirring noise when i used to start in the morning and clutch was not depressed? If the tranny was truly in bad shape wouldn't it shift notchy or something? I should also mention i did have to replace the axle seal on the drivers side on sunday since it was leaking. I couldn't get any MT90 in time so i filled it with 2 qt's of Mobil 1 Synthetic and left what MT90 was in there in it. Could we have damaged something when doing the seal? We were first using the old seal to tap the new seal in but accidentally got both seals stuck in the tranny? Could we have damaged something? I got another seal from nissan and we installed that one.
Any explanations?

 

know what really SUCKS
Deezo should be helping me with the MEVI on Sunday and Ben said my ECU is going to ship back from JWT on Monday.

 

That video looks like the Blair Maxima Project.

Well at least it appears to be the tranny that's going bad and not your engine. Looks like it's time to swap in that I30 LSD 5 speed...

 

This isn't some urgent thing so don't stress about it. Yeah you will have to get it fixed but I drove for months with bad bearings and took it to the track, etc.

 

thanks neal that is good news i can't afford to have the car down anytime now. I am going to refill it with redline MT90 though or Synthetic Manual Transmission and
Transaxle Gear Lube 75W-90 API GL-4 maybe that will shut her up

 

Well, Eric's shifted fine too... It just made that whine when the clutch was not in. We didnt wait very long to pull the tranny because both he and I were sure that it would eventually fail. It was just a matter of when it would. You could get a lot more driving outta the tranny before it fails or it could go out tomorrow. He waited a couple of months, and by looking at the condition of of the bearings that the tranny shop put in the box, I would say he probably only had another few months before complete failure on that input shaft bearing.

This noise has nothing to do with the work you did on the differential side seal. At worst putting 2 seals in there would only cause a leak, not failure on a bearing deep inside the transmission.

No moatter what, your cheapest option is to buy some new axles and clutch (probably needed after 125K anyways) and install them along with that lsd tranny you got. You will be very impressed with the launching grip you get with that thing!

 

Hell, if you already have all the needed stuff to do the install them the money is already spent! So, you might as well install the mevi and ecu as planned. You do have at least 4 or 5 months before you need to do the swap.

 

thanks for all the help Devin your flywheel is in the Mail. I am going to put some fresh MT90 in and see how long it will hold out. I am also going to order the parts for the new clutch,axles and seals for the I30t tranny.

 

You think so if that is the case i am golden i am going to flush it again and install some new tranny fluid i didn't do a full flush when i did the seal on sundat all i did was mix in the Mobil 75W90 synthetic with the MT90 because i didn't trust just having 100% mobil 1 in there.
I am going to try the Amsoil tranny fluid check it out
http://www.amsoil.com/storefront/mtg.aspx

 

Amsoil is good stuff. I use the engine oil every time. Since it is brand new, I am going to fill the tranny up with some regular valvoline and then drain it after about 500-1000 miles break in and then put in the amsoil gear oil. My new raxles cv axles are filled with amsoil grease too!

 

devin how much were the axles from Raxles? I think i will order a set of those.

 

They are $180 each shipped. I know that it is double of what a rebuilt from autozone or napa costs, but it is well worth the price!! These axles look 100 x better than anything I saw at autozone. Plus, they do not charge a core, BUT if you dont return the old ones eventually, they will. No rush on it thought. I think it took Eric almost 6 weeks beofre he returned his. And they never charged him. I am on week 3 myself.

 

well i have the cores from the I30 but i will look into it.