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I'm quite new to manual transmissions so here goes...

I've just noticed that when I'm sitting in neutral there is a slight grinding noise eminating from the gearbox. When i hold down the clutch it goes away and obviously i can't check for the noise while in gear.

Should I be worried??? *GULP*:D

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Gearbox rebuilds are generally labour intensive and therefore expensive (I would say between $600-1000 depending on whats required). However you have little to worry about until you start noticing the gearbox not performing, eg: popping out of gears, not going into gears, crunching on changes etc.

Just let it make noise until it breaks. Mines the same, my input shaft makes noise at idle and it sounds like a bunch of tin cans when in reverse. I just put up with it.

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Well I only really get crunches when I'm lazy and don't hold the clutch properly, and there aren't any strange noises in reverse.

There has been one or two times when I haven't been able to get into 1st properly but i think thats when i didn't go into the centre properly.

So is the advice to leave it for now??

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