Fairly New kormex Tranny Whines

[MADMarc]

Theeere ya have it. Jack's transmissions ftw

[Polygon]

Everyone saying "don't worry about it" stuns me.
If built correctly and with good parts it should not be whining. Why would you ignore a sound that the transaxle should not be making? Hoping it "goes away" or "self clearances itself"?

If it is making a noise that it shouldn't, it should be repaired. Not ignored. Ignoring it can lead to more damage.

-Chris

Quoted for ABSOLUTE truth. I wouldn't mess around with a transmission that's making noises that are out of the ordinary. This has me wondering about getting a transmission from Kormex. These aren't the only problems I've head of with their transmissions and I live a LONG ways away from them.

[Maximal]

Ok but does anyone know why it is making this noise not if I should take it back or not..

My guess would be that the bearing preload wasn't set correctly. However there could be other things causing the transmission to whine.

[Ninja Performance]

You can send your transaxle to 3SX, we will rebuild it as we have been for many years.

-Chris

[colt45 gto]

a rebuilt transmission should last a while, it shouldn't make any noise from day 1, if it does it should be returned and repaired or replaced. this should hppen until the tranny makes no noise. if they cant fix the problem get a refund and buy elswhere.

[Atrosity]

Ok but does anyone know why it is making this noise not if I should take it back or not..

[colt45 gto]

possibly either shimmed wrong or the gear is faulty, it could be a number of things. the tranny needs to be split to find out whats going on. i'd assume 2nd gear is shiney as hell on the teeth.

you could drain the oil out of it into a clean container and inspect it for filings. if you find any then you have ground to return it.

[enigma9o7]

I had my tranny rebuilt at kormex last summer. Ever since I put it back in there is a whine in 1st gear that hasn't gone away, nothing to do with the fluid. Also shifting into 3rd at high rpm grinds. When I gave it to them, shifting to 4th always grinded, and that went away completely, so they obviously did something besides just paint it - for those that havent had a tranny rebuilt by them, they send it back what looks like spray painted silver or something ...

Kormex does gaurantee their work for a while... but the problem is, it's a hassle to pull a tranny for most regular people. It takes me a weekend. Then gotta ship it to kormex, wait til it gets back, then reinstall it, which takes me another weekend. All that time unable to drive. In my case, I was too lazy to deal with it during the warranty period, I'd already removed and reinstalled it once, didn't wanna do it again. I'm sure if I'd gone to the effort and expense of shipping it back, they'd have tried to fix it. But I read enough stories online about people sending it back and forth to them over and over....

[MADMarc]

I had my tranny rebuilt at kormex last summer. Ever since I put it back in there is a whine in 1st gear that hasn't gone away, nothing to do with the fluid. Also shifting into 3rd at high rpm grinds. When I gave it to them, shifting to 4th always grinded, and that went away completely, so they obviously did something besides just paint it - for those that havent had a tranny rebuilt by them, they send it back what looks like spray painted silver or something ...

Kormex does gaurantee their work for a while... but the problem is, it's a hassle to pull a tranny for most regular people. It takes me a weekend. Then gotta ship it to kormex, wait til it gets back, then reinstall it, which takes me another weekend. All that time unable to drive. In my case, I was too lazy to deal with it during the warranty period, I'd already removed and reinstalled it once, didn't wanna do it again. I'm sure if I'd gone to the effort and expense of shipping it back, they'd have tried to fix it. But I read enough stories online about people sending it back and forth to them over and over....

Just for those who are unaware, their warranty is 90 days - at least it was when I bought my trans. And yes, the silver paint is funny because it drips off with anything that touches it. I wish I would've read the reviews from others before going there. I'm even local and their price was the best by like 500 bucks but I would've sent it to CO if I thought there would be problems At least I can shift though!

[ChargerX3]

Just wanted to say stay away from syncromesh if you want your syncros to last. I had it in my car for less than 4 months and it went bad. The sad thing is that you dont see it coming. Sycromesh tends to sheer when subjected to hot and cold cycles. All it took was a week with 20 deg weather and it went completely bad ruining my 2nd gear syncro. Redline MTL on the other hand is an excellent choice. All around great oil and easy shifts.