quiet down a Pro 5.0?
quiet down a Pro 5.0? Hey, I've done a search but can't find anything, so here it goes. Does anyone know a good way to quiet down a Pro 5.0? It gets a little annoying sometimes when I've got the cutout closed and the windows up. I didn't cut the boot when I installed it, but I'd still like to quiet it down a little. Thanks.
Originally Posted by Onyx Z
I put a few thick layers of electrical tape around the stick of mine. It helped A LOT.
I just put it around the stick, the base is still as it was before. The tape is acting as an insulation from noise. It still makes some noise, but not nearly as much as before.
They tell you to cut the lower boot (keeps noise and heat out) in order for the shifter to fit correctly, which is why the shifter is so much louder than others.
They tell you to cut the lower boot (keeps noise and heat out) in order for the shifter to fit correctly, which is why the shifter is so much louder than others.
You can fix the vibration to the point where it sounds like the stock shifter. Go to pep boys and buy a roll of paper gasket material. Cut out a gasket for the base of the shifter (gasket will go in between shifter base and tranny) using your stock shifter if you still have it. Install the gasket, this will eliminate a lot of the vibration/noise. If you want it quieter still, you'll have to go buy some longer bolts (the bolts that hold the stick to the shifter) and two nuts to go with them. The bolts only have to be about 1/2" longer, this extra 1/2" should stick out on the passenger's side of the shifter, then just put the nuts on the extra threads and tighten them down. This will have your shifter very quiet.
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i did the same thing as krab. went to autozone and the guy took me in back and let me pick out a roll of gasket material. i cut a peice about the size of the shifter base and poked a hole for the shifter ball. then i marked the 4 bolt holes and drilled them out. trimmed up the edges to match the shifter base and made sure the ball had freedom of movement. also make sure your handle isnt resting on the stops. kev
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Thats weird.
A friend let me borrow his and it doesn't make any noise
I didn't cut the boot, just slipped it over the stick and bolts and used some RTV on the base to seal it to the tranny.
A friend let me borrow his and it doesn't make any noise
I didn't cut the boot, just slipped it over the stick and bolts and used some RTV on the base to seal it to the tranny.
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No, no, no...
Originally Posted by sscam68
Thats weird.
A friend let me borrow his and it doesn't make any noise
I didn't cut the boot, just slipped it over the stick and bolts and used some RTV on the base to seal it to the tranny.
A friend let me borrow his and it doesn't make any noise
I didn't cut the boot, just slipped it over the stick and bolts and used some RTV on the base to seal it to the tranny.
THIS is how you ruin your tranny. By NOT cutting the boot you have now left the entire shifting mechanism exposed to the underside of the car. Below the shift boot is the tranny (hence, you can see the tranny when you take off the boot). Water, debris, oil, and other crap gets tossed around under your car and WILL end up on the underside of the boot. If it ends up there, you can be assured it will end up in the shifter which is open to the top of the transmission (where the fluid flows through the tranny).
Take a look and decide for yourself, but I'll take a lil more noise if it means my tranny is protected from grit, debris, water, etc.
Hope this helps!
- Jeff
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Originally Posted by ws6firehawk109
I don't want to come across as an ***, but just trying to be informative and helpful...
THIS is how you ruin your tranny. By NOT cutting the boot you have now left the entire shifting mechanism exposed to the underside of the car. Below the shift boot is the tranny (hence, you can see the tranny when you take off the boot). Water, debris, oil, and other crap gets tossed around under your car and WILL end up on the underside of the boot. If it ends up there, you can be assured it will end up in the shifter which is open to the top of the transmission (where the fluid flows through the tranny).
Take a look and decide for yourself, but I'll take a lil more noise if it means my tranny is protected from grit, debris, water, etc.
Hope this helps!
- Jeff
THIS is how you ruin your tranny. By NOT cutting the boot you have now left the entire shifting mechanism exposed to the underside of the car. Below the shift boot is the tranny (hence, you can see the tranny when you take off the boot). Water, debris, oil, and other crap gets tossed around under your car and WILL end up on the underside of the boot. If it ends up there, you can be assured it will end up in the shifter which is open to the top of the transmission (where the fluid flows through the tranny).
Take a look and decide for yourself, but I'll take a lil more noise if it means my tranny is protected from grit, debris, water, etc.
Hope this helps!
- Jeff
I'll tear into it this weekend.
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Originally Posted by sscam68
No, not an *** at all
I'll tear into it this weekend.
I'll tear into it this weekend.
Someone, feel free to tell me if I'm wrong, but I know when I took my boot off, this is what i found (glad i had already cut it to protect things).
SSCam68 - you said your friend let you "BORROW" it, lol. If you cut the boot then your stock shift won't be sealed correctly if you ever put that one back on or any shifter that uses the "stock" boot shape - Just something to keep in mind if you plan on giving it back to him.
ALSO, before you go digging out all the parts in your console, etc, etc. Take a look under your car and if you can get a hand up in there above the tranny and feel around in the boot to see if there is much crap up there. I'd hate to have you do all this if you are the kinda person that drives it on a Clear/Dry/Sunday afternoon to the corner and back and it will never really see any bad days, roads, rain, snow, etc.
Just trying to help, but DEF. don't want to scare someone into more work that is useless for their application.
- Jeff
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Originally Posted by USMARINE1108
Hey, I've done a search but can't find anything, so here it goes. Does anyone know a good way to quiet down a Pro 5.0? It gets a little annoying sometimes when I've got the cutout closed and the windows up. I didn't cut the boot when I installed it, but I'd still like to quiet it down a little. Thanks.
Get a new pilot bearing. After replacing mine, it was a NIGHT and DAY difference between the shifter noise. If your pilot bearing is worn it, it translates noise to the input shaft which just transfers it down the line into the tranny and ultimately to the shifter.
It is DEF. a P.I.T.A. and probably not worth it at this point. But when you finally go to a new clutch and wonder if you should change the pilot, you should.
Hope that helps a lil bit as well. I know when I put mine in, i did all the elec. tape, tighter bolts, gaskets, etc and yes it worked SOME, but there was still plenty of noise. Changing the pilot was prob. the biggest difference.
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From: Albuquerque NM - The Land of 8000ft DA
Originally Posted by ws6firehawk109
Someone, feel free to tell me if I'm wrong, but I know when I took my boot off, this is what i found (glad i had already cut it to protect things).
SSCam68 - you said your friend let you "BORROW" it, lol. If you cut the boot then your stock shift won't be sealed correctly if you ever put that one back on or any shifter that uses the "stock" boot shape - Just something to keep in mind if you plan on giving it back to him.
ALSO, before you go digging out all the parts in your console, etc, etc. Take a look under your car and if you can get a hand up in there above the tranny and feel around in the boot to see if there is much crap up there. I'd hate to have you do all this if you are the kinda person that drives it on a Clear/Dry/Sunday afternoon to the corner and back and it will never really see any bad days, roads, rain, snow, etc.
Just trying to help, but DEF. don't want to scare someone into more work that is useless for their application.
- Jeff
SSCam68 - you said your friend let you "BORROW" it, lol. If you cut the boot then your stock shift won't be sealed correctly if you ever put that one back on or any shifter that uses the "stock" boot shape - Just something to keep in mind if you plan on giving it back to him.
ALSO, before you go digging out all the parts in your console, etc, etc. Take a look under your car and if you can get a hand up in there above the tranny and feel around in the boot to see if there is much crap up there. I'd hate to have you do all this if you are the kinda person that drives it on a Clear/Dry/Sunday afternoon to the corner and back and it will never really see any bad days, roads, rain, snow, etc.
Just trying to help, but DEF. don't want to scare someone into more work that is useless for their application.
- Jeff
My buddy is converting his car to an M6 so he's getting all kinds of different parts shipped to him. Shifter was one of the first things that arrived so we decided to test it out on my car, just to see what the difference would be.
Wow, literally night and day!
Irregardless I am buying my own here really soon. In fact, I just might buy one and give it to him.
Seriously though, you make it sound like its pretty bad. I would figure even with the boot I would be able to hear it. When it was first installed you could here a slight noise, but even that was on occasion.
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Originally Posted by sscam68
Seriously though, you make it sound like its pretty bad. I would figure even with the boot I would be able to hear it. When it was first installed you could here a slight noise, but even that was on occasion.
Well the only reason I make is sound like it's a pretty bad noise is because mine was pretty F'in loud, lol. The rattle was like there was a kid in the back seat shakin his baby rattle or something to that effect.
As I said earlier, my pilot bearing was the biggest culprit. With that changed out, things are much quieter - prob. the way MOST people have theirs now. It's loud enough to hear it under heavy throttle, but that's to be expected...go fast, etc doesn't usually = quieter.
- Jeff
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Originally Posted by ws6firehawk109
Well the only reason I make is sound like it's a pretty bad noise is because mine was pretty F'in loud, lol. The rattle was like there was a kid in the back seat shakin his baby rattle or something to that effect.
As I said earlier, my pilot bearing was the biggest culprit. With that changed out, things are much quieter - prob. the way MOST people have theirs now. It's loud enough to hear it under heavy throttle, but that's to be expected...go fast, etc doesn't usually = quieter.
- Jeff
As I said earlier, my pilot bearing was the biggest culprit. With that changed out, things are much quieter - prob. the way MOST people have theirs now. It's loud enough to hear it under heavy throttle, but that's to be expected...go fast, etc doesn't usually = quieter.
- Jeff
I didn't get a chance to take a pic.
