Noisy TRE Tranny

[woodnbronze24]

I had the tranny checked out by Jon at TRE and I was swindled. My tranny is not a tre. I will however have a positive writeup on here shortly about their oustanding services.

I bought a awd TRE stage 2 off of a guy on here on the classifieds about 5 months ago. It was purchased for a build but the build never commenced so it sat for a year before it was sold to me. After installing, it would NOT go into 5. After a mile of driving I turned around and let it idle in the driveway about to break into tears. I decided to try 5th one more 'gain and it went right in! Any ways, the tranny had about 7500 miles on it now. I changed the lube at 500 and 1500 miles. Now, its shifting pretty well. 1-2 is notchy still. I also properly adjusted and bled my clutch (act 2100).


A few thousand miles ago, I notice a metallic gear type shhhhh sound that is very apparent when rolling on lightly in 5th gear going 40-55 mph. Its less apparent in other gears because it seems to be louder with speed and slight acceleration. It doesnt sound very good to me at all but the trans seems to be shifting ok. I was reading about a nut under the side case of the tranny coming loose and causing some shifter movement. I noticed my shifter moves a bit under acceleration... could that nut being loose cause the movement and or the noise? From what I can tell my cv shafts are ok and the driver side bracket seem to be tight and in place...

Anything appreciated as always.

 

[twicks69]

Well, you are only 2 hours away from Jon at TRE (WELCOME TO TRE   WE SPECIALIZE IN MANUAL TRANSMISSION REPAIR). Why don't you call him with your problems, as it is HIS transmission rebuild. I am sure he won't warranty it, but a stop by his shop for him to look at the problem will likely be a smart thing to do. He is over in Kalamazoo, MI.

When it comes to this sort of thing, an experienced transmission rebuilder can give much better advice when the parts are in front of him. In your case, I would inspect your shift linkage and shift cable bracketry first.

 

[woodnbronze24]

I'm emailing him right now

Jon inspected my tranny and it is NOT a TRE.

I ended up purchasing a tranny with 100,000+ thousand miles that had been shined up from one of our own members for 1300.

 

[twicks69]

Sorry to hear that, I was just talking with Jon at TRE and he brought this up.

It is really a shame to know that people like this are out there ripping off people. Especially when they purchase parts from TRE, and then call it a TRE transmission because they purchased parts and did it themselves.

Jon is a great guy that knows his shit; I have been doing business with him for a while, and he is a very knowledgable transmission builder and engineer that knows what it takes to build a quality transmission. He is also very good at explaining the details to the customer so that they understand better what processes are necessary in providing them with a long-lasting transmission that suits their needs.

I am happy that he was able to help you out with your transmission woes!

Later,