Hi
I've just put a K50 behind a 3K in a KE20. The 'box is high km's and makes a very loud whining noise in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th. 4th is quiet. It only does this when under load. The guy I bought if from says it's 'bearing noise'. With noisy boxes I normaly just keep driving them 'till they explode, and put another one in. However, I've had some succes repairing toyota boxes in the past, so I might try fixing this one, but a few questions first:
1) Do you thinkn it's just bearing noise? ie replace the bearings and it's fixed?
2) How far can I push it before she explodes?
3) If a bearing goes can I still drive home and then repair the box? or is it all over?
4) Does anyone know details of the bearings in a K50 so I can buy them before I even pull the box out?
Cheers,
Thomas