whine in 5th gear

[Jimma]

Wcolt45 my 68 Kaiser Jeep is doing the exact thing and noise you describe exactly. If you figure it out let me know.

 

[paulfarber]

Paul, what viscosity have you heard may improve this??

Some say go thicker, some say go thinner, some go with mystery goo. I just noted that it was one of the 'cures' I had heard for noisy gears.

My jeeps transfer case wined quite a bit, but after replacing some very worn parts (IM shaft/bearings, a shift fork and two output shaft bearings) its down to what I would call simply 'running noise'.

As others have noted.. to person A it might sound like all hells breaking lose, to person B its nothing more than normal.

 

[dragonwagon]

Its not a complicated trans . Sounds like a bearing issue . Quite under load , louder at a level pace . Any shops around you that work on manual trans ? They could probable take a short ride and have a good idea from the sound it is making . Lot cheaper to replace a bearing now then a trans later .