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Re: Reverse gear sounds funny



Yeah, Dan's right but...reverse is also subject to gear wear, and the
teeth can become "shouldered" and not always mesh.  Hey...here's an
idea...search the archive! :) (really cool now that we can say that!!
Thanks again Brett!)  Seriously, I do know it's been posted before...

Hope you find that it's a linkage because otherwise it's either live
with it or replace/teardown the tranny.

Ron


--- Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 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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Ron (Cheapass)
'87 16V, ("Victor"), '93 Cabby ("Teufelhasen")
ICQ 108845455

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