Fairly certain I'm about to lose 5th

[Stir]

So as the title says, I think 5th gear may be at the end of its life. The past few weeks the tranny would get "stuck" as I pulled it out of 5th and I would have to wiggle the gear shifter around a little bit to get it into neutral.

A few days ago when I was driving up my hill to get to my house I let of the gas to decelerate while still in gear (3rd I believe) and I was greeted with a pretty loud whining noise...only on deceleration. I drove it back around the block to inspect and it was in all gears only on decel. By the time I got back to my house it had stopped.

Today, on the freeway in 5th at about 1/4 throttle, there was a pretty loud whining noise. Only at partial throttle. Under vacuum and full throttle it was fine. I have a video of the latest incident to show you guys what i mean.

Think the tranny is hanging by a thread? Or would this be a differential problem?

Car is pretty much stock with a few bolt ons (intake, 1g BOV, free DIY mods, etc...)

P.S. You can see how much throttle I'm using on the boost gauge.
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[itsjonnyhodge]

if your trans bolts are loose your going to have lots of problems. if thats the case bot it back up and see if thats the problem, as i recal when i dropped my trans it was hard to shift and it was making some sounds.

throw out bearing is toast i would assume.

bolt that bich back up and see what happens.

 

[Stir]

We've narrowed it down to a bearing. Going to put it on the lift at lunch and run it through the gears to try and pinpoint it. I'll post what we find.

 

[KEEBS]

Try to pull the end case off the trans. Thats where your 5th/reverse gear is. Check the gold gear for wear and the other gears. If the snap ring is broke it could be bad! its a place to check anyway good luck!