diff rivets in 020 8v gti

[rubjonny]

not an easy job to replace either (or at least to do the job properly)
http://www.brokevw.com/

[Mr Blue]

what happens if the rivets let go? No gears at all or just constant crunch in all gears?

I ask because a few miles before my 8v box let go (was ragging it) i heard a loud 'ping' and then got stuck in 4th. From there the box crunched in all gears.

[spankier]

i believe the rivet likes to fire around the gearbox making a mess of things or get squashed somewhere and pop a hole the the casting which your oil leaps through- if your a really unlucky person itll go on your tyres and brakes but either way its all over for the gearbox so its prevention rather than cure.... you shouldnt lose all drive till all the rivets are out, although there are other ways to bugger a gearbox!

got my next one reserved in a mates shed so itll be bolted and doweled before its fitted, also going to turn up a copy of the peloquin preload rings as i dont have 600quid for an lsd and if i did id spend it on another mk2 an e30 beemer a night out and some really nice trainers so there!

anybody know if you can get gearbox rebuild kits, bushes/bearings seals etc- may aswell do it while its apart i spose

[danny_p]

what happens if the rivets let go? No gears at all or just constant crunch in all gears?

I ask because a few miles before my 8v box let go (was ragging it) i heard a loud 'ping' and then got stuck in 4th. From there the box crunched in all gears.

depends  how they go,   i've had one hole the box before and let all the oil out so the box merrily crunched every gear change before completly eating itsel,  on others it just been  bang  and stop with an oil trail leading back to a small pile of shrapnel on the road

[Organisys]

seriously? ive never heard of an 8v box go ever - hence why majority of valvers now run 8v boxes - never stressed as much as a 16v box - they all go eventually though!

8v Box. 2nd and final drive had an argument.

[spankier]

seriously? ive never heard of an 8v box go ever - hence why majority of valvers now run 8v boxes - never stressed as much as a 16v box - they all go eventually though!

8v Box. 2nd and final drive had an argument.

jeeez thats proper f**ked- before ze germans got there! how did you manage that?

[Organisys]

Just lifting my foot off the clutch in second from a slight rolling start at some traffic lights (flashing amber)  :

Oh....and a couple of track days previous to that might of been a factor.

But I seem to Kill gearboxes, that was my third. I don't do drag strips for this reason !