transmission whine

[92stangg]

i noticed today when i was taking a turn and was downshifting into 2nd it made a little whine sound and i also noticed it in 1st gear.....is something i should keep my eye on or should i do something to help it stop....i recently just had the fluid changed to synthetic....any advice thanks

 

[352Ford2]

was it whining with it in gear and the clutch in?
if so don't worrie about it.

 

[92stangg]

ya it whines when i have the clutch in and as i'm putting it in gear

 

[fiveoho]

my t5 whines when cruising in almost every gear. shifts just fine and never pops out. isnt this common on the t5s?

 

[92stangg]

so you think everything is fine?

 

[Roland69]

do you have a aftermarket shifter cause they will make the tranny seem louder that the stock shifter will...mine makes some whining noises

 

[92stangg]

ya i have a pro 5.0, but i have had it on for awhile and i have never heard the whine while downshifting

 

[Roland69]

mine whines if I am comming to a stop sign say in 3rd and push the clutch in and try and put it into first it will whine untill I slow down enough for first gear.

 

[bsedwebt70-5.0]

mine was just rebuilt last week and synthetic put in with a pro 5.0 shifter and I hear a whine in mine as well - sounds like a fuel pump almost - it does it in all gears and when going into gears - it shifts great and has no other sounds or problems - I hope all is well

 

[legalize420]

mine does it now. started doing after a run down the track. been like that for a few months now. it cant be normal because mine did not do it when i first got the car. that was also before i got my shifter.

 

[speadfreak]

The input shaft bearing (the one on the inside that connects the input to the cluster shaft) is usually the cause of whining in a T5. One way to check if this is the problem.........if it does it in every gear but 4th. When the transmission is in 4th gear, the input shaft and cluster shaft are locked togeter (1 to 1 ration), at this point the bearing that I'm speaking of is not being used, so there will be no whine in 4th if the bearing is bad.

this is not the only thing that will cause a whine, but it is a sure fire way to detect or eliminate the possibility of this bearing being bad. hope this helps

 

[fiveoho]

The input shaft bearing (the one on the inside that connects the input to the cluster shaft) is usually the cause of whining in a T5. One way to check if this is the problem.........if it does it in every gear but 4th. When the transmission is in 4th gear, the input shaft and cluster shaft are locked togeter (1 to 1 ration), at this point the bearing that I'm speaking of is not being used, so there will be no whine in 4th if the bearing is bad.

this is not the only thing that will cause a whine, but it is a sure fire way to detect or eliminate the possibility of this bearing being bad. hope this helps

i think you just described my problem. 4th doesnt seem to whine but every other gear does. im pretty easy on my car.....does that bearing tend to last a while?

 

[speadfreak]

they say it goes out from being overheated, or run low on fluid. You can replace the bearings and it may solve the problem, but usually by the time they are whining the input shaft has been damaged also. There is no removable race. Mine whined really loud when I got the car....the guy that had it before me ran it around like that for a long time.......worked fine, just made alot of noise. I tore it apart and replaced the bearings, spacers and the input shaft. Everything is now in specs, shaft play is dead on and it still whines a little bit, so I give up on mine..............I'm goin auto, the 393 would have trashed the T5 anyway.

 

[fiveoho]

they say it goes out from being overheated, or run low on fluid. You can replace the bearings and it may solve the problem, but usually by the time they are whining the input shaft has been damaged also. There is no removable race. Mine whined really loud when I got the car....the guy that had it before me ran it around like that for a long time.......worked fine, just made alot of noise. I tore it apart and replaced the bearings, spacers and the input shaft. Everything is now in specs, shaft play is dead on and it still whines a little bit, so I give up on mine..............I'm goin auto, the 393 would have trashed the T5 anyway.

i have tri ax shifter also, im sure thats magnifing the noise some. i guess ill just drive it until it stops