Rattle/ticking With Clutch Engaged

[dave_mr2t]

Well firstly, hello. I ended up here via google, signed up only to be told my email address was already used. It turns out I was registered on here over ten years ago when I had a rev 3 mr2 turbo....totally forgot!

How things have changed, now I have a 2005 1.6vvti corolla verso manual, a bit different. Saying that my other car is a 2006 celica 190vvtli which makes up for it

Anyway, my problem.

Car starts fine and the engine runs perfectly, no nasty noises or rattles when revving the engine. Put it in gear and set off in first, no problems, sounds nice and smooth. As soon as you change into 2nd and then through to 5th there is almost a diesel like ticking noise that rises with engine revs. If your cruising on a flat road with the clutch engaged the rattle is present, as soon as you depress the clutch it disappears and you can rev the engine with it sounding fine.

When I got the car the clutch was slipping a bit and juddering in 1st, I assumed it could be a release bearing and had the clutch changed yesterday. Clutch know works fine again but the rattle is still there. There are no funny noises with the car stationary and the clutch pressed/released so I'm assuming this noise is coming from the gearbox.

Any thoughts greatly appreciated and I wondered if a change of gearbox oil might help things, no record of it doing from what I can tell.

Thank you.

[dave_mr2t]

Update.

Turns out it was the pinion shaft bearing.

£530 and a fully reconditioned gearbox later and it's all sorted.