Gearbox

[Craigxr2i]

Hi aye all,

Right down to business, got myself a S1 106 XSi but has the GTi conversion, its been great untill know.

Problem:
When changing from 1st gear to second it grinds quite badly and i hate it, make me feel sick lol!

I have tried ajusting the clutch cable to the max and to the min, still didnt make any differace, i havent been hard on the car eg, (Thrashing it).

Every other gear is perfect, i thought it would be the thrush bearing since it happened to my saxo, but the only differace that the 106 doesnt make any sound to imply its the thrush bearing. And the clutch was replaced not so long ago.

Looked up on a couple of threads using the (SEARCH) Button lol, But wasnt much light on the subject.

Only thing i can think of is to change the oil in the gearbox. has any one experianced this problem?

Any help/answers would be great!

Craig :)

[benwh555]

Sounds like syncro on 2nd has gone mate. The only way to sort the problem would be to open the box up and replace the syncro. Could always take the oppourtuinty to re-build the box if you do this, then you know that its going be in good condition.

[Craigxr2i]

Yeah good point! Was thinking about a differnet box eg, S1 rallye XSi. But there quite rare! And expensive.

What do you think are the chances of the new oil fixing it? lol.

I really dont want it to be the gearbox lol....

thanks

[benwh555]

I doubt new oil will fix it, but its always worth a try. I've just done like 5 box changes on a mates car, had to keep going back to the breakers as most they supplied were whining there bag off. Not really a hard job, but then again i've done a fair few anyway so its like second nature. But if it dont fix the problem could be a good excuse to get a different box like a rallye.