I recently took a 3 hour trip over 550 miles round trip. And now my 3.73 gears whine loud as hell.

Took it to the mechanic who installed and he says I probably burned them up because I ran them in 6th the whole time.


Is what he is sayin true?

I havent taken it apart neither did the shop. I was hoping it was possibly just the pinion gear.

Should I get a different opinion?

 

are you serious?? lol no thats not the case, I ran my car with the 3.42's in 6th no problems, run my new 4.10's that I installed in 6th gear no problem. I'd say he installed them wrong.

 

that is stupid/wrong. Your gears were improperly installed in the first place....SORRY..BUT THAT IS TRUE 100%...

 

OK. Little background info.
Gears been in for a yr now. No problems until the trip. And I did have a bent axle in an accident 2 months after the install.

So what could of happened?

 

it may be an axle bearing that is whining but there is no way in hell that crusing in 6th will burn your gears up that is for sure

 

unless the backlash or the gears where setup too tight.. got too hot and the high speed, got brittle and broke....i mean its a long shot but maybe the stars where aligned just right hahaha

 

I hate to rip on your mechanic, but that is the biggest load of bullshit I have ever heard. It does not make a difference what gear you were in, your gears should last a long time if they were installed properly.

All the above points are valid, but since you have been driving it for a year, you may be out of luck trying to get the mechanic to repair it.

Good luck either way.

 

So what do you guys recommend? Take it apart myself and look for what?

 

DONT TAKE YOU CAR THERE EVER AGAIN!!! RUN AWAY!


That is pure BS! People are running 4.56 gears and are fine on the street and the highway, GRANTED thats alot of gear but this is a T56 not some junk Muncie 4speed


Please do not go to that shop again, your in TX! Contact one of our sponsers from TX on here to help you

 

The gear that you are in makes no difference...your RPM's make no difference...the only thing that matters is your speed.

You could be in 3rd gear at 80MPH or 6th gear at 80MPH, the rear end gears are still going to be turning the same speed, which is the same as rear tires.

 

Has to be something else going on hear. I have 4.10's put my car in 6th all the time, and have 0 whine, and never have. Good luck on getting him to take car of it for you.

Maybe talk to gear manufacturer and see what they say. If anyone knows there product should be them...

Chris

 

That makes no sense at all.

-Will

 

hmmmm axle centerline.. might wana start there... its important not to have anything out of wack in the gear

 

One question, if the shop ends up pulling the differential to install a new bearing what parts do I need to supply?

 

He ain't no mechanic and is a knucklehead to boot to come up with that kind of BS. Had he installed the gearset correctly it would not have made any noise in the first place. I wouldn't trust my car with that dude again.

 

Tell us where he's at... we need to shoot him and remove him from the gene pool.

 

Did your pinion nut work loose?