Brand new gearbox stuffed, nissan says 'too bad'

[ferni]

ylwgtr2: Any luck with your contact at Nissan ?

[wreckedhead]

the best thing to do is call john laws on 954 radio, tell him your story, trust me youll get your gearbox fixed the next day.

[ferni]

the guy at nissan ferntree gully called me this arvo, tried telling me that Nissan said it may be normal for the gearbox's in this car to make running noise, i was honest and said that i had heard a little bit of running noise in mine and other r33 GTR's but you had to listen for it, where as this running noise in mine is louder than the engine! He said ok then, and to bring it in on Monday morning they need it for a week and will get it stripped down and looked at... so hopefully it gets sorted out from here.. but who knows...

Out of interest - anyone else have any whining/running noise in thier R33 GTR gearbox? if so how loud?

[Guest RedLineGTR]

I honestly doubt Nissan would release a car or any manufacturer at that that makes a loud whining noise when running.

[Guest two.06l]

the guy at nissan ferntree gully called me this arvo, tried telling me that Nissan said it may be normal for the gearbox's in this car to make running noise, i was honest and said that i had heard a little bit of running noise in mine and other r33 GTR's but you had to listen for it, where as this running noise in mine is louder than the engine! He said ok then, and to bring it in on Monday morning they need it for a week and will get it stripped down and looked at... so hopefully it gets sorted out from here.. but who knows...

Out of interest - anyone else have any whining/running noise in thier R33 GTR gearbox? if so how loud?

we run r33 gtr boxes in both our late model r32 gtrs and have NEVER heard a whining noise, before or after a rebuild.

[ferni]

I showed a friend the noise today, he knows a bit about Cars, not skylines in particular, but he thought it was the clutch....

And thats got my thinking, what if it isn't the gearbox, what if it is the clutch, or something to do with the gearbox install.... could either of these things cause this noise?

[Guest two.06l]

I showed a friend the noise today, he knows a bit about Cars, not skylines in particular, but he thought it was the clutch....

And thats got my thinking, what if it isn't the gearbox, what if it is the clutch, or something to do with the gearbox install....  could either of these things cause this noise?

could be the clutch bearing making the noise

[slow_r31]

to be honest, it sounds like the thrust bearing to me, making the noise in neutral with the clutch out, and then going away with the clutch in, i normally associate this with thrust bearing anyway

[ferni]

It can be the thrust bearing thats fine with me because they delivered a brand new one with the gearbox, so thats thier fault...

My old gearbox made the same noise, but not as bad when i first got it, then when we changed the clutch from the excedy heavy duty to this excedy twin place, and changed the thrust bearing to a new one the noise went away... i was happy... now when i've changed the gearbox and the thrust bearing its come back, twice as bad....

[ylwgtr2]

sorry for the delay andrew.....i been busy lately...give me a call and i will let u know what to do

[ferni]

Whats your number? I don't have it anymore...

[The Jake]

Good luck Andrew. You should be ok. Scream loud enough and long enough and most of these ****ers will cave in. Go top down if you want to complain to people. Failing that, take meshmesh's advice.

- J.

[ferni]

I showed Dean from UPI the noise, he seems to think its the thrust bearing since aftermarket clutchs like my twin plate generally use a smaller thrust bearing since the hole in the fingers is smaller... he's not certain but said that would be what he would do first..

I tend to agree, since when i put my clutch in i changed the thrust bearing which i got ordered from nissan, i think i was given the part number from the guy i bought the clutch off... the thrust bearing that came with the gearbox (that is in it now) is for a standard clutch... does anyone know anything about this?

http://gtr.ferni.net/misc/whine.wav

there is a (bad) recording of the noise, you can hear when i push my clutch in because the noise stops... (this is from outside the car)

[addy]

Out of interest - anyone else have any whining/running noise in thier R33 GTR gearbox? if so how loud?

Ferni, i have the same whining sound that goes away when you press the clutch pedal in. only noticable in neutral but it doesn't sound as loud as yours, mine's more of a minor annoyance. also got an excedy clutch (not sure which one).

haven't had it checked out yet but i've been told it sounds like a thrust bearing.

let us know how you get on! good luck!

[beefy]

Hey Ferni, if everything else fails I know the Sales Manager at Blackburn Nissan he might be able to help you. Good Luck.

[N/A®]

Out of interest - anyone else have any whining/running noise in thier R33 GTR gearbox? if so how loud?

I have it too. Still there after I changed to a new clucth with a new thrust bearing AND had the box rebuilt with mostly new bearings! I was upset after all the money i put into rebuilting it, it still was there.

Had a listen to your and it doesnt sound exactly the same... might just be a recording. Does yours sound like a Dog box when u drive?

[ferni]

Don't know what a dogbox sounds like

[Lukas]

I've had nothing but pis poor service from Nissan FTG... I'll never go there again. I also had whining from my gearbox once... but it was just a kitten which got stuck and was slowly cooking! :idea:

[N/A®]

Don't know what a dogbox sounds like

Sounds like a constant whine. Some cars do it in reverse gear only...

[ferni]

ummm whines a little when driving, only when your just lightley on the throttle otherwise engine noise drowns out any whine..