[zukenutter]

Mrs Zukenutter has broken something in her gearbox, I thought it was the diff but now upon further inspection is the gearbox.

Her Jimny is a late 2006 VVT with push button 4WD with about 50,000km

when putting drive through the gearbox at idle speed you can hear a click, click, click noise and when you pick up the speed it gets louder until you hear a loud metallic bang/clunk.

Points I've noticed;
- Does it in every gear
- The faster the rear wheels spin the louder and more violent the noise is
- Listening with a screwdriver to the ear the noise seems to be louder at the rear output of the box
- There's definitely no faulty 4WD engaging type issues. The front shaft is definitely stationary
- My hopeful thoughts are that maybe it's the output bearing

Will probably need a gearbox professional, any suggestions in Brisbane North. Gearboxes are something of virgin territory for me.

[royce]

jackshaft uni?

can you wobble the jackshaft in the gearbox?

[Scrawny]

Paul, take it to Diff and Gearbox in 2/280 Newmarket Rd, Wilston. Tell them you know me and they will look after you.

[zukenutter]

Gearbox has been removed and stripped. turns out to be main output shaft bearing and with the gears flopping about two gears have been damaged.

So it's either find a 2nd hand box to suit it in a hurry or rebuild with genuine parts for $2200. Bugger!! Money to nothing, could have gotten Air lockers F&R.

Does anybody know if all M series have the same gearbox/ratios or are the VVT models different?

[BlueSuzy]

They should be the same. Even without vvt..

[steak_knife]

BlueSuzy wrote:

They should be the same. Even without vvt..

X2, I have looked it up before & from memory the G/box's are the same..

Can I have the old box????

[zukenutter]

steak_knife wrote:

BlueSuzy wrote:

They should be the same. Even without vvt..

X2, I have looked it up before & from memory the G/box's are the same..

Can I have the old box????

If they're all the same the old one will be spares for me... just in case

[steak_knife]

zukenutter wrote:

steak_knife wrote:

BlueSuzy wrote:

They should be the same. Even without vvt..

X2, I have looked it up before & from memory the G/box's are the same..

Can I have the old box????

If they're all the same the old one will be spares for me... just in case

But that's not the answer I wanted....

[Highway-Star]

steak_knife wrote:

zukenutter wrote:

steak_knife wrote:

BlueSuzy wrote:

They should be the same. Even without vvt..

X2, I have looked it up before & from memory the G/box's are the same..

Can I have the old box????

If they're all the same the old one will be spares for me... just in case

But that's not the answer I wanted....

and you got in before me!



If its hard to get one, would the guts from a Sierra 5 speed fit inside?
Apparantly the rear housings are interchageable Here , so does anyone just how much is the same?

[zukenutter]

Here's some pics of the disassembled and beautifully cleaned gearbox case for those who are interested. Also a pic of the damaged gears. I forgot to get a pic of the failed bearing but was just the inner and outer rings.

[Benz]

wow that is clean!