Originally Posted by s2000Junky

Well you and I share the same fear about digging into this because of those issues. I thought there might be a chance for me if it was the output side and strait forward bolt out bolt in affair, but I'm not removing entire transmissions in my garage to get to the input side if that's what it is, nor do I have the experience digging into transmissions. Might as well just buy another used tranny and cross my fingers I got a good one if my situation requires digging full on into the input side. Can buy another trans for $500-$700 and another $500 to swap it in. Or pay $1500-$2000 in parts and labor to deal with mine.

Originally Posted by s2000Junky

Is there a method for discerning if its the input or output side of the bearings that's causing the racket/issue? I have a very faint trans noise out of gear at idle. But gets much more audible when I rev the car up to say 2k rpm and push the clutch pedal in and out. When driving it makes some pretty good groaning sounds, especially when letting off the throttle in gear. Sound similar to clutch buzz, but pretty sure that's not it. You can hear it kind of tugging back and forth wile under decal load like its getting sloppy in there. There is some vibration, mostly noticeable when at freeway speeds and under light throttle transitioning from gas to no gas. Feels like there is slack in there somewhere.

Be great if I could just unbolt the tail section of the trans in car and swap a set of bearings in and bolt it all back up. Not sure if its that easy though. You can leave the main output flange in place and it just comes out with the shaft and everything when unbolting tail section? So no special bearing press or tools needed?

Originally Posted by HowlinFantods

Hey this sounds exactly like what I'm dealing with right now, did you end up figuring your issue out?