Corolla Sportivo Gearbox Rebuild - how much?

[Mellow]

So I was driving my sportivo the other day and noticed a faint whirring / bearing type noise coming from the front of the car. The next day the noise was much more noticable. Taking off in first gear it's not really noticable, but 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th when you put the foot down from about 2000rpm onwards it gets louder but it's still there when you back off (though not as loud). I'm thinking gearbox bearings? Engine is fine, doesn't seem to be that. Rang Road and Track (Toyota specialists) in Ipswich but Terry is out of the country for 2 weeks.

I'd look at second hand boxes but even second hand boxes are probably becoming quite worn at this stage and most have probably been flogged. Anyone have any idea how much a set of bearings comes to in these boxes including taking the box in and out? Syncros / gears seem fine.

Cheers

[trentmeyer23]

Road and Track have closed down and Terry has retired. He may still be doing a little side work though.

A box out and bearing repair can easily fall in the $2000-$3000 range.

we thank everyone for their custom, but cindy & I have effectively retired.
 
our kids are taking over the shop, and whist they have lots of Toyota experience and will work on "interesting' cars, their flavor is more 4WD
 
we have retained a lot of the rare/unusual parts and will still do some limited repairs like engines, gearboxes and maybe some conversions

[Mellow]

Thanks for the reply. I did wonder what was up - the lady on the phone sounded a bit vague but sounded as if they were moving to a new premises and to ring Terry when he got back around the 19th.

Yea, didn't think it would be cheap, but it's a risk also getting a second hand box unless you know / trust the person selling it.

Do you happen to know any for sale?

[trentmeyer23]

No, sorry.

[Mellow]

No problem.

Thanks

[stockstivo]

You are up for about  $ 300 - 400 for the  bearings and seals ( parts only ) if you want to replace all of them.

If you are lucky it may just be the diff bearings (90366-40094 & 90366-40097) (Superceded part numbers BTW) which will cost you about $120 and a 2 month wait from Toyota Aus or about 1/2 price from the US/ Japan however your main cost will be labour - getting the box out of the car, repairing it then putting it back in.

If the box is original probably worthwhile replacing the clutch whille the box is out.

Edited May 24, 2016 by stockstivo
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[trentmeyer23]

As an addition to this, it appears that Terry is back doing some work again. I believe this may be from his home though.

[Mellow]

Cheers for the replies guys.

I ended up getting the bearings done by a guy who came highly recommended here in Brisbane - Diff and Gearbox Industries.

The guy who did it said it was just the main bearings that were worn - he got a set of aftermarket bearings for the main bearings but some smaller bearings are only Toyota only he said and would have cost around an extra $700 or so? They were in pretty good condition he said so I didn't do them.

So I just got the main ones done, he pulled the box, did the main bearings, toyota seals, new oil and put it back in for $1400. I was pretty happy with the price considering most unknown condition gearboxes were going to cost me from $1000 - $1400 just to buy having phoned around 8 place for prices.

[Mellow]

Well I spoke a bit too soon. There's now a high pitched whirring from 3rd gear upwards from around 2200rpm to 3200rpm roughly. I took the chance in not replacing all the bearings as the specialist said they would cost an extra $700 to replace when I was doing the main bearings.

At around 100kph on a quiet road I can hear some bearing chatter when I power on / back off, so it looks like there's definitely some other bearings now gone.

Does anyone have a breakdown of all the bearings in the Sportivo box and costs of them?

Thanks

[Chain]

5 hours ago, Mellow said:

Well I spoke a bit too soon. There's now a high pitched whirring from 3rd gear upwards from around 2200rpm to 3200rpm roughly. I took the chance in not replacing all the bearings as the specialist said they would cost an extra $700 to replace when I was doing the main bearings.

At around 100kph on a quiet road I can hear some bearing chatter when I power on / back off, so it looks like there's definitely some other bearings now gone.

Does anyone have a breakdown of all the bearings in the Sportivo box and costs of them?

Thanks

I had my gearbox synchro's and bearing replaced under insurance, but i remember them quoting me at around 500 for all six of the main bearings (without labour obviously). So unlucky bro, it sucks so bad i understand exactly how it feels.

 

[Mellow]

Yea, man, I took a chance, but it didn't pay off unfortunately.