Jumped in three truck after work today and was greeted by a haunting whine upon depressing the clutch. Clutch plate not fully disengaging or something worse? Not that you can get much worse than a failing clutch.

 

Throw out bearing? I assume that means dropping the transmission? Ug... might as well replace clutch plate and synchros? Anyone know of a site that will help with manual transmission synchro and bearing replacement? Thanks

 

Yup, throwout bearing means dropping the trans. idk about the synchros and bearings though. How high is the milage on the trans?

 

There's 168k on the transmission. 1st gear is a bit rough to get in if not moving a little or pump the clutch a couple of times works. 2nd growls, or throws a fit when coming down from 3rd on occasion. Reverse is easiest if aligned in 5th first.

 

My understanding is, these transmissions are a pain to rebuild. Bear in mind, I only report what I have read, I have no direct experience with them. (transmissions are a mystery to me. You spin one end, and it comes out the other end faster, slower, or even the OTHER direction..... it's black magic I tell you.)

 

Lol. The one series of videos on the nv3500 looks to be in someone's bedroom with a set of tools they dug out of grandpa's old wood shed.

 

Just had this happen to mine--the whine or squeal that is. Had the clutch installed just couple days ago. It is a huge job and one guy did it in a day. Unfortunately for you, it sounds like the trans needs rebuild or get a rebuild from a parts store.

 

Unfortunately, I think this is a job left up to those who know what the hell they are doing. I don't have the luxury of having the trans dropped for 3 weeks while i fumble around with the thing. Will call a few places, but I should be able to get synchros, bearings, seals, clutch plate and bearing job done for in a few days for about 1200$.

It sucks driving a beater with out having a decent shop setup to do the work in.