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Pete's Noisey Gearbox/Drive Train - MK2.5

Catastrophic Chris is a real MX5/Roadster enthusiast and as such owns all version of the car. He's also incredibly unlucky with his cars which suffer from just about every ailment we have come across (and a few we haven't - yet). With your help we can keep all his cars on the road and the smile on his face so please come in and see if you can help.

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Pete's Noisey Gearbox/Drive Train - MK2.5

Postby MrChrome » Tue Oct 16, 2012 10:54 am

Pete's taken his MK2.5 out today and seems to have a much noisier than usual . The noise is coming from the gearbox or drive train.

His MK2.5 is a 6 speed with a Limited Slip Diff - he's owned it since new - 2002....

He's going to put it on a ramp later in the week and he'll change the gearbox and diff oil. THen he'll try to see whether he can hear exactly where the noise is coming from.

Any ideas?
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Re: Pete's Noisey Gearbox/Drive Train - MK2.5

Postby MrChrome » Sat Oct 27, 2012 2:09 pm

Just checked in with Pete on this one.

What he forgot to mention was that the diff oil came out and it was cloudy.... and there were little bits on the drain plug.
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Re: Pete's Noisey Gearbox/Drive Train - MK2.5

Postby DavesBRG5 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:59 pm

Sounds like it`s time for a replacement diff
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Re: Pete's Noisey Gearbox/Drive Train - MK2.5

Postby Colin S » Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:29 pm

And were the bits on the magnet sort of rectangular and about 25mm x 10mmmm with ridges on one side?

If so, it sounds like it could be the well documented Fuji diff problem where the LSD tabs break off -rumoured to be possibly caused by the use of a rolling road brake tester, instead of a Tapley.

One of the tabs may have gone into the gears and the resultant damage is the cause of the whine.

Replacement diff or keep changing the oil to get all the bits out and live with an open (noisy) diff.......
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Re: Pete's Noisey Gearbox/Drive Train - MK2.5

Postby MrChrome » Sat Oct 27, 2012 7:47 pm

:text-thankyouyellow:

Mmmm yes Pete says there was stuff on the magnet...

Dead diff then.... He'll be looking for a new(er) one soon.
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