Re: Reverse gear sounds funny

[Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>]

Reverse gear generally whines because it has straight cut gear teeth
whereas the other gears all have a helical cut primarily to keep them
from whining.
Also, when you engage reverse you are actually moving a gear to mesh
gear teeth. The rest of the gears are engaged by moving an engagement
sleeve to tie the gear to its shaft.
so, yeah, reverse is different.
Dan

"M. W." wrote:
> 
> Ok, one other thing thats been bothering me. I didn't really pay any
> attention to it before, mostly because I wasn't sure what sounds were normal
> for this car. But I was thinking that the reverse gear sounds kind of odd. A
> lot of 'whrrrrr' to it, and when I shift to reverse, it gives a bit of a
> clunk type sound. Are all the other problems I have with my car making me
> paranoid? Or should reverse gear be a bit less noisy?
> 
> Matt Wagner
> mattwagner@softhome.net
> 
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