Im really dispointed, i just got the transfer case whine on my IX MR and the car has only 37 000 miles and I was not driving it to hard

So, i dont have 2000$ to spend on that right now and I am wondering how long can it last since i got that whine

 

you could have been low on fluid

 

Honestly there is no telling, a friend of mine have a 05 MR and his has been whining for atleast a year and a half just waiting for it to go out and he drives his car hard. But he is to lazy to install the freshly rebuild transfer case he has sitting in his garage.

 

Mine was whining and I put some new dia queen in and bam silent as a church mouse.

 

i thought mine was the "death wine" changed it for a built TRE w/LSD and still the same noise lol..
that was years ago

the death whine is like tornado siren loud like obnoxious not a little whine at 60mph

 

hmmm interesting, im happy to know that it will not explode in someting like 20 miles

 

it won't explode......it'll lock up instead

 

but what do this sound, is it a gear with some teeth missing or a bearing ?

 

Do you only hear it in certain gears? It could also be a noisy 1st gear in the trannsmission, which apparently is common in the IX's. I had a noisy 1st gear in mine and thought that it was the t-case but after sending both the t-case and tranny out to shep, they were both fine.

 

its not just common in IX's..

Our first is straight cut

 

no the sound is stronger in 5th and 6th gear with minimal load or on neutral when decelaring