gearbox bearing?

[Blue MK2]

Something for the Golf nerds...

Took my car for an MOT yesterday and it passed

While the car was on the ramp i did my own inspection and found that when i spun a front wheel round (back and forth) i heard a sort of rattle coming from the gearbox.

Could this be that gearbox bearing or something? Is this serious? or is this normal ware and tear?

How much to fix and is it simple or would i need a re-con box?

Cheers

Blue

[mk1]

Do you mean pulling the wheel from lock to lock?, if so it is probably the steering rack that you are hearing and this is normal.
Steve.

[Blue MK2]

i mean like spinning the wheels back and forth mate.

[mk1]

And the steering wheel is spinning from lock to the other lock?.
I am a bit slow on the uptake tonight .
Steve.

[golfvr6]

Thats normal Blue  

[mk1]

Just pm'd blue with this.

Ahh..
Think I know what you mean, turn the wheel one way then the other?, you are hearing a small amount of backlash in the diff and other gears. There is a small amount of clearance 'tween the cogs to let the oil in and when you add the clearance from all the gears up if seems a lot but is perfectly normal. It sounds worse as you are taking up the clearance one way then turning the wheel the other and hearing the gears take up the "drive" on the other side of the tooth.
Hope this helps.
Steve.

[Blue MK2]

nice one

[vwsystems]

ru nthe box until you get either gear engagement probs or massive grinding noises!

gearboxes are on exchange so if you get another box you may aswell nack the other one up completely otherwise a few parts later they can then sell this box for ?475! so only replace your box once its totaled!
like i did....... diff bearing colapsed..........the whole diff was fcuked....... it was a right mess............ and the oil which came out was silver and has loads of metal filings in it!!!!!

if fact it was a 85% metal to 15% gear oil mix!

[richandhazel]

That sounds familiar. The old box in my cab failed in a similar fashion, the pinion bearing broke up and all the bearing bits went into the rest of the gearbox (I knowingly bought the car with this problem, hence getting it so cheap).