So after living with this ##**## noise from my tranny for way to long & even after pulling it out & having it gone through & the noise is still there!! I talked with my friend Ricky ( a Toyota expert) & a change from my W55 to a W58 seems to be in order. Found one, bought it & will go get it next week. Another winter project!!
Hopefully you can give us a good comparison between the 2. I have a W58 but have never driven with any other W series trans.
I guess it depends on the rear end you have i had a 58 and keep the original rear end 3.07 i believe and loved it quick get up and go but fwy sucked however after i switched my rear end to a 8" g662 code from a 4spd it got better highway rpms but my launching was hesitant when taking off from a dead stop
Rear end is 3:73, here's the W58 all cleaned up. Will pull my W55 probably in Nov, when show season is over. My bell housing & rear tail shift will go on this.
Haven't pulled it yet but have been talking to a lot of shops & it is sounding like the noise may be in the rear end! I did drain the oil at the rear end & not a lot came out,should have 1.8qts got maybe 8ozs, refilled & noise is still there. Will be pulling the 3rd member & taking to a specially shop for inspection. If not rebuildable I have located a replacement used one. So will test drive again before I swap the trans.
So the 3rd member went back in after inspection by one of the best gear shops around, clean bill of health on 3rd member & axles. Trans came out to ,replace will be in soon.
Finally the NOISE IS GONE So the problem was in the trans & I got fucked over when I took into a shop ,& was told that tey installed a rebuild kit,which assume they did not!! $675 The trans still works ,just noise in 5th gear , will be for sell W55 5 SPEED, no bell housing & has the rear case from the W58, & the gear selector that puts the shift arm farther rearward. I would recomand a rebuild kit ,they are around $300
trans looks good if you run into a speedo not working you should use the one that came in the w58 i had that issue when i did this swap
Did use that drive as figured it was matched to the gear radio of the W58. I run a adapter that changes from mechanical to electric & I can adjust the speedo to read correct speed.
So the noise was not gone has I had posted earlier, Ricky came out & went with me to FFF, 9hr drive with noise still there. Lot more research lead me too the conclusion that it had to be the pinion angle was not correct, & that is what it was I rotated the rear end down a few inches until I had it matching the degrees on the trans ,rejusted the lower link bars ( CHANGED OUT THE BUSHINGS WHILE BARS WHERE OFF) & test drove a few times. Yesterday drove a 200 mile test drive & NO NOISE!!
Will after driving to 13 shows this year ( two more to go) the noise is still there. Had the owner of South Bay Drivelines come over today to do a visual & the angle on the rear drive shaft is still way wrong. Hes going to cut the shaft ,add a 2nd u-joint behind the carrier bearing & a slip joint @ the rear end & rebalance all. I hope to have this fucking noise problem fixed once & for all!!
Its gotta be a pain in the ass having your truck look good and then making weird ass noises. Hope you get it fixed soon bro
This morning removing the drive line once again,should be the last time, takin to the shop in San Jose!