Sounds like you know what your talking about.
Where is the bearing on the idler shaft that you speak of?
Is it hard or expensive to replace?
TIA
Jess
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Subject: Re: 120Y g/box bearing probs.
> Jes,
> The input bearing is at the front of the gearbox, there isn't a main
bearing as
> such in a gearbox. if the gearbox growls in all gears except 4th (straight
> thru) then the bearings most likely to be crook are the idler shaft. The
noise
> is usually pretty aweful when these are gone. If the growl goes away when
you
> depress the clutch then the throw out bearing may be the culprit. Another
> bearing that can growl if it's shot is the spigot, this is a fairly
distintive
> screach rather than a growl so i wouldn't rate this high in probability.
>
> regards
>
> Terry (noises are the hardest problem to diagnose on the net)
>
> > Is the main bearing the bearing behind the throwout bearing in the
standard
> > 4 speed manual 120Y g/box.
> >
> > The g/box growls in all gears and in neutral as well.
> >
> > TIA
> > Jes
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