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Gear box whine

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Barry72B

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Hi,
My 1972 MGB gear box whines when in neutral and engine idling, the noise goes away if I press the clutch in or roll the car back or forwards about 1 foot. clean castrol GTX 20w50 in it & up to the high mark.
What could it be?
Thank you,
Barry
 
Probably normal input shaft noise, if it is just loud enough to be annoying and not frightning.
 
Hi Ralph,thanks for the reply.
The noise is annoying and propebly a bearing,is it going to
damage other parts ?
Barry
 
I have the same type of annoying whine and am living with it until I have to pull the engine and or transmission for other work. One thing you can do is check to see if it is a throw out bearing problem. Car idling, transmission in neutral, reach in and push the clutch in until it <u>just </u>begins to make "contact". you should be able to feel/hear a substantial change if it is the throw out bearing. When I did this = no change. Others that i respect on the boards told me this more or less eliminated the TO bearing from consideration. Perhaps the real experts can correct or modify my advice.

If it is a bearing failure can possibly damage other items. Wait for people who have more experience than I to chime in for a a more definitive answer.
 
Thanks, I will test TO bearing & report back.
I also posted on MGB Experience board.
Any safe additive to quiet down the box ?
 
No additives.
 
Or thicker oil to increase oil pressure...

The logic of avoiding the unavoidable....IMHO /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rolleyes.gif
 
My guess is with the rest. Input shaft bearing is worn. Mine has a slight bearing noise when idling, but not annoying yet. I wouldn't let it worry you. Naturally, if you have to pull the engine for any reason, I'd put a new one in.JMHO. PJ
 
Input shaft from the rear is turning something that is makeing a difference in the way it all fits together. Bet you knew that.

Shoot I am not a tranny expert or even a non-expert, leave the rebuilding to the pros.
 
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