itsawindupuk
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| posted on 7/4/12 at 09:14 AM |
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new type 9 gearbox arrived however.......PROBLEMS
Hi guys, my v6 gearbox arrived yesterday but there are some problems. Firstly, it wasn't a heavy duty as thought, secondly it makes a weird
noise when you turn the input shaft. If you can imagine the sound of a ball bearing rolling into another ball bearing that's the sound. Its
coming from the rear or the gear casing. Any ideas?
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designer
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| posted on 7/4/12 at 10:00 AM |
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Impossible to tell without hearing it!
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stevec
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| posted on 7/4/12 at 10:22 AM |
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Have you put oil in it?
Steve
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foskid
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| posted on 7/4/12 at 11:02 AM |
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turning it in the correct direction?
He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
George Bernard Shaw
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itsawindupuk
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| posted on 7/4/12 at 01:11 PM |
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It does it regardless of direction although I know it's meant ti be clockwise. It has plenty of oil in it too. It sounds like one of the
bearings has a ball or 2 missing and when it's turned the balls catch up on with gravity and they strike the bottom ball bearings making that
noise.
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DixieTheKid
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| posted on 7/4/12 at 01:45 PM |
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Change the bearing and seals. Their easyor if your local to me, use John @ Hamilton Garage, Botley, Southampton. He will soon tell you if there
is anything else wrong. He rebuild my T5 for £220.
COS IT'S Worth IT
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itsawindupuk
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| posted on 7/4/12 at 09:49 PM |
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i'd really like to give it a go myself although a gearbox is the only thing ive never rebuilt before. Last time i got as far as trying to remove
the aluminium casing but it wouldnt budge lol.
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Paul Turner
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| posted on 8/4/12 at 08:24 AM |
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Before you go any further I would suggest you check that you actually have a V6 box, many diesel boxes are dressed up as V6 boxes because they have
the same long input shaft but don't have the heavy duty spiggot.
Easy to check, take off the lid and count the teeth on the input shaft gear, a V6 is unique and has 19 teeth, the rest of the Type 9's including
the diesel have 18. If its 18 don't panic just yet, go to first gear, its at the back of the main casing and count the teeth. if its 31 its a
diesel, if its 29 its from a 2.3 V6. The 2.3 V6 box has 2.0 litre ratios with a long diesel input shaft.
If you have a diesel box I am afraid you have an horrible set of ratios, don't even bother spending any money on it. But its still worth money
to someone wanting a box to trade in for a Quaiffe or Tran X box, they charge £150 if you don't have a donor box.
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itsawindupuk
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| posted on 8/4/12 at 09:07 AM |
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Thanks for the tip. I counted the teeth on Friday 4 times and it definitely had 19 teeth.
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itsawindupuk
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| posted on 10/4/12 at 08:11 AM |
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Found the problem. Was what I thought, after stripping gearbox turned out the rear bearing casing was shot and the bearing balls were all over the
place. New bearing time
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