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jeeptilldeath

11-16-2008 05:48 PM

manual tranny.

i have a five speed cherokee and my mom has a five speed wranger tj and when you put either in reverse it whines well that is what it sounds like. should they be doing this or do we need to look at something?

BlueXJ

11-16-2008 05:50 PM

NORMAL with most any stick shift.

jeeptilldeath

11-16-2008 05:57 PM

alrighty thanks. just wondering if it was normal didnt want anything to break..

BlueXJ

11-16-2008 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeeptilldeath (Post 74539)

alrighty thanks. just wondering if it was normal didnt want anything to break..

It whine because in reverse all the gears and gear clustrs are running backwards and those gears have a slant to the cut and are moving through thethick tranny fluid and are meshing in a antigrade movement to their normal direction.

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