[TR] Transmission whine

[Bob Danielson]

Tony,
Herman and Helena are in NZ celebrating their 50th anniversary and won't be
back until June 9th. If your tranny was low on fluid, did you check to see
if the tranny flange has moved either in or out and damaged the rear seal? I
know Herman has seen a few damaged rear seals because of the flange moving
when the driveshaft slip moves in and/or out. I don't know if that problem
also applies to TR3s. The problem with the Toyota W58 tranny is that bearing
and seal replacement requires a complete teardown of the tranny and the
bearing seal kit alone costs about $250. Add labor to it and you're probably
better off finding another junk yard tranny. 


Bob Danielson
1975 TR6 CF38503U
Running w/ Throttle Body Injection
Toyota 5 Speed & Nissan LSD
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org 


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[mailto:triumphs-bounces+75tr6=tr6.danielsonfamily.org at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Anthony Cascio
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:25 PM
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Subject: [TR] Transmission whine

Ok Folks,
I am in Durango, Co, with the TR3, it has the Toyota 5 speed.
I was driving towards Mesa Verde and the tranny started to whine pretty
loud.
It kinda stopped shifting so I pulled over checked for leaks and clutch
fluid, all ok.
I was able to get going again after 10 or so minutes, drove fine, still
whinning.
I took it into a local shop Dan's auto repair, nice guy and added quite a
bit of gear oil to the tranny!!! (not good) Car runs fine still got the
whine, I'm guessing the main shaft bearing may have fried......(not good)
Any thoughts????
I guess I might be replacing the tranny in the 20' trailer that I'm pulling
behind the RV. (that'll be fun) But before I do that I would appreciate any
suggestions from you folks out there.
By the way I drove the car back another 35 miles to the RV park, all went
well besides the whine, worse in 1st and 5th.
PS anyone got Herman's telephone number handy, maybe he'll have some ideas
as well.
Tony Cascio
58 TR3A
TS27093L
Jeanne & Tony
allegrorover at mac.com
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