all gears are whining!?!?!?

[SHOman24v]

I had recently had a clutch put into my car and all of the sudden the gears have became really loud, I didn’t have much trans fluid in my car, because I had bad axle seals and it leaked all out.....I took the car back to the mechanic and he said I had a bad input shaft. When I push the clutch in the sound slowly goes away as if its spinning to a stop, like the bearing is slowing down. What I’m thinking is I have bad input/output bearings, due to the lack of lubrication. If you had a bad input shaft wouldn’t it just strip out and then the car wouldn’t move? How likely is it that I have a bad input shaft, 2 weeks ago the car ran good. This is what I’m thinking, tear it down and find out if I have bad input/output bearings, or just get a trans from the junkyard, its also robbing power from the car.

 

[sdpatt]

The shop must have meant that you had bad bearings on the input shaft. That would have been due to running with low lubricant level. It doesn't take too long to damage the bearings if they aren't lubricated.

 

[SHOman24v]

so its the bearings and not the input shaft?

 

[Bizzy]

SHOman24v:
so its the bearings and not the input shaft?

Honestly, that would be impossible to tell without seeing the shaft and bearings. The bearings will howl like a banshee when they are unlubricated. It would be interesting to hear a sound clip on the sound that you describe. Any chances of getting one?

Also, get some fluid in there. It sucks, but it sounds like you need to have the tranny pulled again to get the rest of the problems corrected so you don't lose your tranny all together.

Good luck!