gearbox bearing, anyone had to do it?

hey guys, im looking at getting my gearbox bearing done as its making alot of noise, has anyone done it recently? how much did it set you back? is there any easy ways out of it?

cheers

'gearbox bearing' is a bit vague dude
gonna be a few hours labour considering the gearbox has to come off

i cant realy explain further, someone just told me it was the bearing, so not sure :S guess i have to get a mech to check it out

yea gearbox has to come out I got quoted $6xx to get it in and out and done, $3xx to bring it to them to replace this is for the input shaft bearing.
should consider doing clutch and clutch bearing at the same time and repairing any drive shaft boots if worn.
good luck, throw aside an extra few hundred in case of complications.

K how long would it take rouphly? Also can this b doing any damage? Or is itvjust the noise? As i wont b able to do it soon

damage may be possible, eventual failure. You're main concern is the input shaft bearing seizing and thus damaging the box.
I left mine for about 6 months before doing it cos I had no income for a while, it's something that can be left for a while but not a good idea for long term

just get another box it'll be cheaper.

ok will look into it asap

how much is a second hand box worth? if its anymore than 400 it will be cheaper to get the current one repaired wont it?

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problem with a new box is you don't know whether it has the same problem or not
AND you'll end up spending money to bolt off the box and bolt it back on
just get your current one fixed, saves you the headaches if it was all gravy before the busted bearing

yea, I wouldn't resort to getting a new box if I knew I only had maybe a bearing or two making noise, plus I own a b series so it's not cheap =p
get is fixed when you can, it's not something that will fail overnight.

aRg they said 1k + to repair, maybe i should sell the bloody car!

another box is about $600-1200 depending on which B series box u want.

to fix a bearing for a box you need to rip it apart & press the bearings out.
The bearings aren't cheap either, about $200 last time i looked. The labour to pull the box in & out is about $350 + ripping the box apart about $300-450 (depending on who does this for you).

Its is pretty costly, cos i had to pull mine out to do the LSD