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Pantera2075
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 Gearbox whine Do straight cut drop gears produce a noticable whine on over-run? I noticed mine was very pronouced at the weekend. It's obviously a helical box, but was a lot louder than what I was used to.
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| Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:03 pm |
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Tim Rowe (1130)
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Re: Gearbox whine Straight cut drops are definitely where the noise is coming from. It is supposed to be louder than a straight cut box, but I can't confirm this.
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gtmdriver
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Re: Gearbox whine Straight cut drop gears are very loud and whine on overun and drive.
When I used to drive my racer to and from the circuits I used to carry chewable asprin to deal with the eventual headaches caused by the racket.
I have an amatuer video of my car on track and you can hear it coming a mile off.
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Pantera2075
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Re: Gearbox whine No, this was definitely just on overrun - maybe it's it's the usual noise accompanied by where the gearbox is that makes it loud?
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Dino
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Re: Gearbox whine Straight cut drops often sound different on the overrun, also A and A+ are supposed to sound different, but then I suspect all the manufacturers gears sound different from each other.
Vizard gave info on how to make them quieter, it's related to how deep the teeth are cut amongst other things.
I guess it's possible that they've worn in on the drive side, or that a loose idler bearing is allowing a degree of 'floppyness' and the unworn part is now running against a worn part on the other gear.
Does it rattle at tickover? This is usually a good indicator of loose thrust bearings.
Has it got worse, or did it always sound like that?
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| Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:14 pm |
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Pantera2075
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Re: Gearbox whine Dunno if it's any worse - it was the first time I drove it.
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West
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Re: Gearbox whine They wernt noisy enough to be straight cut from memory to be honest, listen to stuarts car next time that straight cut, you will know about them. the non a plus ones do seem noiser, as my bros mini was louder than mine on the drops
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Andy
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Re: Gearbox whine I,m running a set of SC drop gears in mine as well as SCCR box A+, there is definitley the typical whine whilst moving but no noise once stationary. I would say maybe something is worn/wearing and maybe rubbing, thrust washers could be a good start point.
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nigelsgtm
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Re: Gearbox whine my car has sc drops and gearbox ,its not to noisy just nice  , have you got sc drops in the car or helical ones if they are helical then you may have a problem if they are sc then sit back boot it and enjoy 
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