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Noisy V6 gearbox

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 10:12 pm
by kernels
Hi guys,

Has anyone done the bearings in a V6 Vitara gearbox ? Alternatively, anybody know where I can get one to work on or one that's already done ?

Thanks
H

Re: Noisy V6 gearbox

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 1:47 pm
by strx7
common fault, usually the input shaft bearing packs up, left to its own devices and it will spin in the housing, meaning your box is only good for scrap. bearings are all readily available through saeco etc

Re: Noisy V6 gearbox

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:56 pm
by kernels
Hi Strx,

Thank for the reply, would changing the bearings be a job that a reasonably technically competent person can do ? If it shifts fine I guess I won't have to touch the synchros or anything else really, I assume once you go to the trouble of splitting it you basically just replace every bearing you see ?

Cheers
H

Re: Noisy V6 gearbox

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:09 pm
by strx7
yip, you got it.