Wining Noise in Reverse

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09-15-2006 | 09:53 PM

billybarue

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Wining Noise in Reverse

When I shift my 97 LX into reverse and start backing up a fairly loud wining noise comes from the from of the vehicle. the car has 57,000 miles on it. any thoughts?

09-15-2006 | 10:24 PM

dfdon

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RE: Wining Noise in Reverse

mine does it to especially when i go like 10 in reverse lol and my buddies accord does it so i guess all hondas "sing"

09-15-2006 | 11:17 PM

mxs

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RE: Wining Noise in Reverse

it's normal

09-16-2006 | 01:26 PM

billybarue

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RE: Wining Noise in Reverse

I know the normal sound of my car in reverse. this noise is more high pitch.

09-16-2006 | 02:41 PM

land9

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RE: Wining Noise in Reverse

the teeth on your forward gears are helical shaped, because they don't make a lot of noise.
reverse gears are spur (or straight) cut and make more noise because of this