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    Helical gears present an axial load, usually addressed with thrust
    bearings. Failing ball bearings can make a whirring sound, so a ball
    bearing that handles the axial thrust could be the culprit. I'm
    guessing that the axial load would be greater in higher gears so
    that's where it's noticeable. Your deeper dive into noise analysis
    may reveal fainter noise in the lower gears. Again, mostly a guess,
    but I used to replace bearings on one of my 3-cylinder Saabs quite
    regularly because of noise. <br>
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    The good news, I suppose, is that it seems unlikely  that such a
    condition could have been the fault of the repair shop. I don't know
    how you could cause that damage from the outside.<br>
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    My solution would be to hunt for a salvage yard transmission. And
    help her with the labor.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/25/2025 12:52 PM, Pat Horne wrote:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr">Pat Horne 
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          On May 25, 2025, at 10:51 AM, Moose <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eric@megageek.com"><eric@megageek.com></a>
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        <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="sans-serif">Jeff, this is a
            good idea.  Will do.</font>
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          <font size="2" face="sans-serif">The reason I'm really
            confused is that
            the noise is only when you give it ANY throttle.  So even if
            you are
            not accelerating (i.e. Not under load.), but just have the
            pedal down a
            little, you hear the noise.</font>
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          <br>
          <font size="2" face="sans-serif">Wouldn't both the </font><font
            size="3">differential
            and drive shafts make noise all the time, or at least under
            load?</font>
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          <br>
          <font size="2" face="sans-serif">But I plan to do a much
            deeper dive.</font>
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          <font size="2" face="sans-serif">Thanks again to everyone with
            this.</font>
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          <font size="2" face="sans-serif">Moose</font>
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          <font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">From:      
             </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Jeff Scarbrough
            <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fishplate@gmail.com"><fishplate@gmail.com></a></font>
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          <font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">To:      
             </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Moose
            <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eric@megageek.com"><eric@megageek.com></a></font>
          <br>
          <font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Cc:      
             </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif"><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">"shop-talk@autox.team.net"</a>
            <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Shop-talk@autox.team.net"><Shop-talk@autox.team.net></a></font>
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          <font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Date:      
             </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">05/25/2025 11:03</font>
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          <font size="1" color="#5f5f5f" face="sans-serif">Subject:    
               </font><font size="1" face="sans-serif">Re: [Shop-talk]
            Manual transmission issue???</font>
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          <font size="3">Have you checked the differential(s) and drive
            shafts? 
            My TR6 had an annoying transmission noise that, after a
            rebuild, turned
            out to be in the diff.  </font>
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          <br>
          <font size="3">Noises in a car are notoriously hard to track
            down by
            sitting inside.</font>
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          <font size="3">On Sun, May 25, 2025, 08:47 Moose <</font><a
            href="mailto:eric@megageek.com" moz-do-not-send="true"><font
              size="3" color="blue"><u>eric@megageek.com</u></font></a><font
            size="3">>
            wrote:</font>
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          <font size="2" face="sans-serif">Braintrust,</font><font
            size="3"> <br>
          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            I don't mess with transmissions at all, so I'm in the dark
            here. 
            Hopefully someone has the answer and it's an easy fix.</font><font
            size="3">
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          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            The issue,   2017 Jeep Patriot with a 5 speed manual
            transmission
            makes a 'whirring' sound when driving in 3rd gear or higher.</font><font
            size="3">
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          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            Started about a year ago, when car was picked up from a
            franchise mechanic
            shop.  (owner of car is a single woman without much money.)
          </font><font size="3"><br>
          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            When she called them back they where like, "Well, we would
            have to
            charge you to look at it."  So since she already suspected
            they
            caused the issues, she didn't want to give them more money.</font><font
            size="3">
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          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            She brought it to another shop and they said, "You need a
            new transmission."
             That will more than likely exceed the valve of the Jeep. So
            they
            just did a fluid change, and that was it.  Note, in their
            carfax report,
            they listed that they "installed a new transmission" in
            addition
            to the fluid change, so I don't trust them either.</font><font
            size="3">
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          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            It's a manual 5 speed.  I checked the fluid level and it is
            exactly
            where it should be.  So I did a road test.</font><font
            size="3"> <br>
          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            Here is the crazy part.</font><font size="3"> </font><font
            size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            There is NOTHING that I can feel that would indicate any
            transmission problems. 
            No slipping, no chucking, it shifts smooth and pulls
            strong.  No vibrations. 
            The only thing is that noise, and that ONLY happens when you
            give it throttle.</font><font size="3">
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          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            So if you are going down the street at 50, and take your
            foot off the gas
            pedal, noise goes away. If you just give it a little gas,
            noise returns.</font><font size="3">
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          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            If you have it in neutral coasting, no noise.  If you are
            engine braking,
            no noise. The noise is ONLY if you have your foot on the gas
            in the slightest.</font><font size="3">
            <br>
          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            Note, there is also no noticeable noise in 1st or 2nd gear.</font><font
            size="3">
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          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            I am thinking that the original shop did something to the
            car to make it
            start this noise, knowing she would take it back there to
            get it fixed
            and that it's a simple fix.</font><font size="3"> <br>
          </font><font size="2" face="sans-serif"><br>
            I would love to be able to fix this as it is a hard working
            girl that doesn't
            have much money and really takes care of her car.  She is
            also a good
            friend of my fiancee, so it would be bonus points for me.
            8>)</font><font size="3">
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            Thanks and I hope everyone takes a moment to think about all
            the Soldier's
            that gave their lives to protect our freedoms, (no matter
            what country
            you are from.)</font><font size="3"> <br>
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            Have a great weekend!</font><font size="3"> <br>
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