is my box dying ?

[jay s]

for the last 2-3 months ive had a whirring sound coming from what sounds like the front left wheel, it only starts above 40. i thought this might be the wheel bearing but had new ones put in 6 months ago. the reason i suspect the gearbox is because say im driving along at 50 and dip the clutch the noise dissapers striaght away, lift the clutch and the noise comes right back. is this some sort of bearing in the box thats ****ed or diff maybe? it makes the noise in all gears. its a valver box which has done roughly 100k.

[Mr.AdamB]

probably the diff. mine whins in 3rd gear on the over rev, i dotn worry but it tho wont break for along time yet ( touch wood) give it sum frech gearbox oil n dat to be safe.

[Laine_16v]

My blue valvers box whined the whole time i had it, it was fine.

[McPikie]

Mine wines on over run in 2nd.

Could be the shaft though

[Tommo]

Mine has whined for ages in 2nd gear, never had a problem, if anything does go wrong tho ask Rod on here, he knows a guy who rebuilds gearboxes for a decent price