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wdTom
07-13-2003 18:14:10
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Re: Re: WD Transmission Growl in reply to Dan E (AL), 07-12-2003 20:57:59
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I have followed discussions on WD transmission noise at least a couple of times here. It seems some do make a bit of noise. I have one, and I have just got it going, not put a lot of time on it, and it isn't ready to work yet, but it doesn't make any noticeable noise. If you are concerned about it I would take the top off of the transmission with the oil drained and see if you can see any damage to gear teeth, loose bearings, etc. You can't really see the bearings too well, especially on the counter shaft in the bottom of the transmission, but maybe gently prying it right and left you might see some play. If the noise is the same in 4th gear it probably isn't in the transmission as in 4th the input and output shaft are locked together and the gears do nothing but spin with no load. It could be one of the bearings these shafts ride on, but I would think the noise would be less with no real load. Maybe your noise is the rear end? The rear end spins faster with each gear higher, does the noise change pitch as the gears go up? You can look into the rear end by pulling the cover of the back of it, same time as the transmission when you have drained the oil out. There are 3 drains, rear end, cover UNDER transmission, and PTO. Two fills on the left side behind the hydraulic fill, they are screw in plugs. As someone said do a oil change on the final drives too, some of them are really bad ans nobody bothers with them.
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