Installed shifter now whining
Thread Starter
12 Second Club
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 993
Likes: 3
From: Waukesha,WI
Installed shifter now whining Alright it maybe my imagination but since i put in my pro 5.0 shifter (which i love to death.) i hear a whining noise coming from the shifter area. i installed the boot and everything like instructions said. Heres where my imagination comes in. I only drive the car on the weekends and rarly at all it sits in the garage most of the time, but lately when i've driven it the whining noise seems to be louder. its always loudest when taking off from a stop in first but i can still hear it through all the gears. i have no idea what it is and i would like to know if somethign is going to break i can deal with the noise if its nothing fatal but if its going to explode or something i need it fixed. Has anyone else had this problem. I read in the instructions that other shifters make the whining noise because there is no boot, But i installed the boot back on the shifter this is what worries me. Please help.
Thread Starter
12 Second Club
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 993
Likes: 3
From: Waukesha,WI
mine didn't come with a silencer or oring either it just tells you to cut the boot to fit the shifter witch i did i sealed the shifter to the tranny with some black silicone stuff
Trending Topics
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power
Verdad Gallardo
10 Camaros You Should Never Buy
10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die
Verdad Gallardo
TECH Enthusiast
iTrader: (27)
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 741
Likes: 0
From: Anheuser Busch, Houston Texas
I have more noise since I put my shifter in. It did not come with an oring. I RTVed the shifter to the trans housing, tightened everything, resinstalled everything. It's just a little noiser at low rpms than the stock piece. I am thinking a little dynamat and that should be the end of that.
TECH Enthusiast
iTrader: (27)
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 741
Likes: 0
From: Anheuser Busch, Houston Texas
Originally Posted by Alpha-Q
mine whines as well. Did you use loctight?
Good point though - when I redid the install one of the mounting bolts was loose already after only 2 months of driving.
If I'm not mistaken that is the function of the rubber isolator in the factory shifter, to quell the buzzing/whiny noise translated from the transmisson through the shifter. So now that the factory unit has been replaced with an aftermarket piece, it will produce that sound because the new shifter does not use a rubber isolater to muffle the whine.
Thread Starter
12 Second Club
Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 993
Likes: 3
From: Waukesha,WI
The thing is the pro 5.0 shifter gives you the choice to cut the hole a little bigger on the rubber boot and still be able to use it but i just figure the shifter makes more noise and i'll get used to it. right now its just anoying its like i can hear the gears whining in the transmission. i thought about sticking the stock one back in but i don't really feel like it.