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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: Organisys on 31 July 2005, 22:14

Title: Gearbox went CLONK!
Post by: Organisys on 31 July 2005, 22:14

OK, so i am on the way to the solicitors, to sign the contract on the house I am buying with the Mrs. We get about 2 miles away, and I have to stop at a pedestrian crossing. I go to pull away....CLONK! (loud) and I've got no drive, and a nasty clump clump clump sound unless I push the clutch in. FOOK! So we push the car up a side street and leg it to the solicitors.

Returned to the car later....phoned AA, waited for patrol guy despite me saying he wont be able to fix it Cox it's Box. Then I have to wait 20 Min's for him to get through on the phone for a tow truck. Wait another hour for the tow truck.  :angry:

Get it over to the mechanic and he has a listen, reckons its the differential pin. (phew!) no new Box needed!  :laugh:
He also said I was lucky the sheared of pin didn't exit through the Box casing!  :shocked:

More money on the car, when it should be going on the house !!   :sad:

I had to do loads of local journeys all weekend in me V6 Passat instead, 18mpg! £40 petrol in two days pootling about!!!  :shocked:

Title: Re: Gearbox went CLONK!
Post by: Judderi on 01 August 2005, 11:59

Yes you are lucky, a clonk is better than an almighty bang! I know as mine went while i was on the motorway and it obliterated the box cluch and flywheel.

Title: Re: Gearbox went CLONK!
Post by: Organisys on 02 August 2005, 13:14

Just had the mechanic on the phone. Second gear is stripped  :shocked:

Need a complete gear set rebuild.  :sad:

New clutch will be going in at the same time since that was nearly gone as well.

more £ !

Title: Re: Gearbox went CLONK!
Post by: davidhawkins_78 on 02 August 2005, 13:26

That's half the fun !

You can get recon boxes with quaife diffs in for not a huge amount - pretty much the same as some people sell recons for if my memory serves me right.

I think the ad was in Performance Vw ... good luck with her  :cry:

Title: Re: Gearbox went CLONK!
Post by: Organisys on 02 August 2005, 22:05

quaife diff ? wassat then mate? uprated?

I'm hoping the gear set rebuild will be cheaper than a recon box. I put a box in a mk3 and it was around £450 i think.

Title: Re: Gearbox went CLONK!
Post by: Organisys on 04 August 2005, 19:18

Just got her back....New recon Box, new VAG clutch, and a fook load of my money gone.

 :sad:

Drives lovelly though.  :smiley:

Title: Re: Gearbox went CLONK!
Post by: Organisys on 08 August 2005, 21:21

Here is what was left of second gear and the drive gear. !

 :shocked:

(http://www.organisys.com/vw/gbox.jpg)