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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: nukezz on 27 January 2012, 23:01

Title: GearBox chewer
Post by: nukezz on 27 January 2012, 23:01
If a mk4 was muching gearbox's, im talkin a new1 every 500-1000 miles.. What do u think would be wrong with it?

with these mods:

force induction kit
full miltek exhaust with removable cat section
remaped
around 200bhp
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: Darksider1.8T on 27 January 2012, 23:02
are the gearboxes second hand or refurbished?
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: nukezz on 27 January 2012, 23:06
are the gearboxes second hand or refurbished?

second hand gearbox's but surely they should last longer than that?
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: james2 on 27 January 2012, 23:09
seen it once .Go to a better place.it looked new but was a recon done bad. You can tell by the fluid that comes out of it, black as hell.
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: james2 on 27 January 2012, 23:11
if its second hand how fitted it.Clutch can cause it ,if its on its way out.
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: Darksider1.8T on 27 January 2012, 23:12
well it all depends on what the condition of the gearboxes were like when you brought them. id say you've just been unlucky, where as if they were refurbished units then id say its the company's fault who put them together.
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: barrym381 on 27 January 2012, 23:56
are u changing the flywheel when changing the box  :smiley:
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: nukezz on 28 January 2012, 00:00
are u changing the flywheel when changing the box  :smiley:

I havent changed it yet but the previous owner had changed it twice and i fear it is happening again, knowing him it probably was done wrong lol
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: barrym381 on 28 January 2012, 00:01
how many times u done the box :smiley:
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: Mr_Orange on 28 January 2012, 08:27
What are the symptoms of the failures?
Are you confident they have been the correct gearboxes for that engine type?  Silly question - Is it possible the lower spec might have been fitted?
I'd also consider the flywheel as a potential cause.  It could be sending judder/vibrations through the input shaft of the box.
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: nukezz on 28 January 2012, 10:15
how many times u done the box :smiley:

twice and i think the third one is on its way  :cry:
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: nukezz on 28 January 2012, 10:18
What are the symptoms of the failures?
Are you confident they have been the correct gearboxes for that engine type?  Silly question - Is it possible the lower spec might have been fitted?
I'd also consider the flywheel as a potential cause.  It could be sending judder/vibrations through the input shaft of the box.

when u put the foot down then once u let it off it makes a knocking noise from drivers side.

on the passanger side it vibrates above 60. ( not a loose whell or egg in tyre nor is it un-ballanced although may be susension)

jacked up front end and spun the wheels to discover a metal rubbing and banging noise  :undecided:
Title: Re: GearBox chewer
Post by: harlemex on 28 January 2012, 15:21
What are the symptoms of the failures?
Are you confident they have been the correct gearboxes for that engine type?  Silly question - Is it possible the lower spec might have been fitted?
I'd also consider the flywheel as a potential cause.  It could be sending judder/vibrations through the input shaft of the box.

when u put the foot down then once u let it off it makes a knocking noise from drivers side.

on the passanger side it vibrates above 60. ( not a loose whell or egg in tyre nor is it un-ballanced although may be susension)

jacked up front end and spun the wheels to discover a metal rubbing and banging noise  :undecided:
are you positive its not an egg in the tyre?