Recently I've noticed that I'm getting a noise from my tranny. At first I thought it was my TO bearing, but after talking to some people, it sounds like it may be the input shaft bearing going bad.

If the car is in neutral, I get a slight chattering, but when I push on the clutch the noise goes away. From what I understand, this is the opposite of what happens when your TO bearing goes bad. Can anybody verify this?

The tranny is a rebuilt unit from Phoenix Reman. Trannies I bought on Ebay 3 years ago. The TO bearing is a OEM unit I had installed with my Spec stage 2 about a year or two ago. I've heard of people who buy reman trannies and the shafts aren't shimmed properly, so after 15,000-20,000 miles, the input shaft goes bad. Since I've put on about 20,000 miles on this tranny, it makes me wonder if this really is my problem.

Any tips or advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

i had the same issue ... it was the TO bearing for me that came w/ my exedy clutch

 

Sounds like the input shaft bearing to me....T/O bearing tend to make noise when the clutch is pushed in...

 

anybody else?

 

nealoc187 can help you sounds like input shaft bearing, i have the same thing and i have the exedy stage 1 clutch, push the clutch in while in the neutral car is silent, release and i hear this hissing kinda spinning noise? hope i can make it through another drag racing season?

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http://www.motorvate.ca/mvp.php/801

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....58751&t=473007

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=432379

 

It's definitely the input shaft bearing. Make sure whoever replaces it reshims the tranny correctly, or else it's going to fail again on you prematurely.

 

i had the same problem, it was the input shaft bearings

 

Ditto... been there, it was the ISB not the TOB.

 

it is the T.O. bearing which is causing your noise .if it was the shaft bearing then you would have atarns failure a long time ago

 

Don't listen to this guy because he doesn't know what he's talking about.

edit: looks like you found my thread 95maxrider, good. hopefully it will help others too.

 

Yes, your thread sealed the deal. New tranny is in and feeling great