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[athawk11]

Kirkski's post made me look closer at your post.  I found the video!

We have..."Proof of Life". !!!

It sounds great.  Congratulations!

Tim

[Tumbleweed]

Okay don't pay any attention to my wife's comments! The Jeep runs almost perfect. This is the first run but I have a slight problem with the tranny. I will post the video but my appologies if it is sideways........

[Tumbleweed]

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[Tumbleweed]

Okay now the rub - in 1st gear the tranny has a slight whine but 2nd and 3rd - well you can hear the problem. Any ideas what the heck is going on? I tried to isolate the sound and it sounds like in the area of the shift column. Guess I'll have to tear down, inspect and rebuild.

[1955CJ-5]

Can you feel anything through the shift lever? If you put a slight pressure on the lever does the sound change? I'm thinking it might be the shift forks.....

you might start with the shift tower and look for wear spots on the forks...

The drive down the street looked and sounded great!

[Tumbleweed]

I'll try a little pressure on the lever - I did not think to do this but the noise is definitely isolated to the shifter area.

[Ryan_M]

Well, the motor sounds great at least. Without digging back through your thread, what's the history on that transmission? Have you done anything to it?

[Tumbleweed]

I did a rebuild on the transmission but not all the gears were replaced. I have new syncro's, new second gear, and new bearings (Walks kit). I will try in get a few picture the next night or two. I did notice a leak from the bell housing this weekend so I am thinking about replaceing the front bearing with a sealed type bearing.

Need to find out how to plug the hole under the front bearing.

[Ryan_M]

Can you remove the inspection cover and verify that the throw-out bearing isn't rubbing on anything?

[athawk11]

Awesome first run.� Congratulations. 8-)�

Sounds good in 1st.� How does it sound in reverse?� I'm thinking the boys are on to something.� It almost sounds like a scraping noise.� �The 2nd and 3rd gears are shifted with the small fork.� I wonder if it's twisted and putting uneven pressure on the clutch/synchro hub?�

Tim

[DTFM33]

Amazing work.

[scoutpilot]

[size=12]Tumbleweed. You do us all proud.  [smiley=cool.gif][/size][/b]

[Kirkski]

Tumbleweed Great video, looking like it was fun

[Tumbleweed]

Thanks for your support gent's.......I took the transfer case and transmission off last night (forgot how heavy the sucker was). I did remove the top cover to see if there was anything rubbing before the tear down process. I think that may be the problem as there was no initial signs of gear damage or shavings in the bottom of the case. I am going to clean everything up, measure shafts and mating parts, then assemble. Should have video by next week. I am going to have to get new gaskets so it may take a while.

- Sounds great in reverse and 1st gear - just 2nd and 3rd - I'm also looking into the forks since I did rebuild the upper section as well. Hope I get them in the correct position. This time I'll leave the beer in the fridge until i'm done!

[DTFM33]

Looks great! Can you post a picture of the front shackle looking straight at it. Mine seem to have a bunch of play between the spring and the shackle. Trying to figure out if that is normal.

Thanks

Dan