rebuilding gearbox

Chiangstar · Post by **Chiangstar** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 11:56 pm

hey
does anyone know how much it costs to rebuild a gearbox? or how much a reconditioned gearbox will cost? i think mines going and im gonna have to do something about it soon...

thanks

simon

dannyboyau · Post by **dannyboyau** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 1:41 am

manual or automatic

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:14 am

why, what's wrong with the gearbox..??

Chiangstar · Post by **Chiangstar** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 10:05 am

its a manual gearbox...gpx

its making lots of grindy noises ....when i took it to the mechanic to get my clutch done he told me that it was bearings or something in my gearbox....

whenever i try to shift fast into second from redlining first, 2nd just doesnt engage anymore....its alright under normal driving....just really noisy...been noisy for a while....

simon

GPXXX · Post by **GPXXX** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 10:41 am

if it's noisy then it's definitely a synchro problem.... or you might wanna try a different gearbox oil (which I doubt is the issue) Let us know on the progress of the rebuild and how much it's gonna cost.

on a sidenote, i find it pretty difficult sometimes to get into 2nd under normal driving when the car is cold... anybody getting similar problems?

G1 · Post by G1 » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:12 am

i find that generally, it doesnt slip into second as easy as the other gears

im gonna try a different manual transmission oil tomorrow, anything you guys can recommend? or any additives?

mine is also getting some noises when the car is cold (noise disappears when i press the clutch in), but ok when the car warms up (im guessing the transmission oil warms up and its ok after that)

G_A_V · Post by **G_A_V** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:28 am

Reddex shock proof gearbox oil, i think thats what its called, unique tried it in my car, and its great, iits blue which is cool too, but if anyone has shifting problems _ALWAYS_ try this gearbox oil first before you do anything, it is the sh*t !. Im pretty sure its called reddex shockproof, if you cant find it give unique a call and ask for the Gearbox oil they reccomend. If anyone here has tried motul gearbox oil, change to reddex straight away, cause i tried the motul and its really bad for our gear boxes, i started to get all sorts of problems. I have heard of similar stories other people have had with the motul in the fto gearbox

G1 · Post by G1 » Thu Mar 25, 2004 11:58 am

are you sure its not redline shockproof?

G1 · Post by G1 » Thu Mar 25, 2004 12:30 pm

did you get the light weight, super light weight, or the heavy weight?

im guessing the lightweight for our car, the specs in the manual say 75-85W GL-4 or higher

Post by **smorison** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 2:21 pm

gav means the redline shockproof

jester · Post by **jester** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:16 pm

hey peeps

Ive the same problem with mine.

If i try and shift @ high revs from 2nd

3rd or 2nd

5th
there is a slight crunch. I have the wait for the revs to drop and do it REAL slowly.....

When i First got my car i could go from 2nd

third EASILY, @ any revs. (1st to 2nd has never been an issue as well...)

Does this sound like the gearbox problem or a clutch prob??

Its quite frustrating.