Loud gearbox noise when in neutral (and cold) 211 team 08

[rickharp]

This past weekend, cold start up, maybe water 64, air temp 55, when i put my 2008 211 team out of gear, i noticed loud to very load gear related noise from engine compartment. back in forward or reverse and super quiet. I've owned a few nautiques and have never heard that before. the engine might have 100 ours on it, and i have not done a v-drive oil change, and if i recall correctly, they do not call for an oil change in the v-drive any more, or at least during the break in .

i think the sound didn't reoccur after it was warm.

any thoughts... thanks

[jmo]

RE: Loud gearbox noise when in neutral (and cold) 211 team 0

rick,

Just to confirm, your hearing the noise while its in neutral? Many folks with vdrives have heard this as one comes out of neutral very slowly - if you search on gear noise you should find them. On a side note, remember there is the vdrive oil and the transmission oil, the trans oil should be changed every 100 hours.

jmo