Guys, the bearing begain singing way to loud to continue driving my orignal 5speed. So I bought a use 5speed from one of those supposedly low mileage Japan car imports from a California importer. The swap went well with no stand out problems. The tranny sounds, shifts great with no leaks. BUT, at 3k I get a vibration that was not there before. It begins to fade about 3300 and about gone at 35 up. Any ideas as to what I may have done incorrectly or missed checking out ? This was my first swap and went by the manual. Only deveation I took was I did not have to pull the drivers side cv axle, as it stayed while I slipped the tranny towards the pass. side. thanks to all for any thoughts.......

 

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a noise vibration or can you feel the vibration in the wheel? if its the first check your heat shield on your exhaust or cat heat shield.

 

if you can feel the vibration... i think it might be a bad wheel bearing.

 

i beleive OP is tlaking about a tranny swap and not a wheel bearing replace. wheel bearings arent rpm related and more so a speed related problem.

 

Did you do anything to the clutch and flywheel? Or did you just leave it there and do the tranny?

 

It was a tranny swap ONLY. When the tranny noise first began I thought maybe it was a throw out bearing .....so I installed a kit with new plate, clutch and release bearing. That was not it, but I had no vibration or any new problems. I drove quite a while until I could get the "new" tranny from JDM. NOTHING else was changed or done differenly but install ment of the tranny. I have put quite a few miles on the tranny and it is still vibrating the drivetrain/steering wheel at 3 K. I think it must be in the tranny......