AAARGH! gearbox or clutch gone on my vts, help

[Bailey1124]

right was giving it some beans on a "public airstrip" and all of a sudden i went to change up a gear and BANG!!! it wont go into gear now at all. Its a 1997 P VTS with 105k on the clock. What do u reckon it could be? Last clutch was changed at 60k....

any help would be much appreciated :y:

[2klthor]

gear box :homme:

[Mike]

i would of said gearbox as well........

[Bailey1124]

doesnt want to be. Is it a common thing then? Thought it might of just been clutch

[Bailey1124]

was hearing a rattle / grind before it happened. The noise went when i pressed the clutch down....

[Mike]

could of been the clutch failing then, best bet would be to take off the gearbox and have a look
does it go into gears when the engines switched off?

[SAM33R]

most probably your clutch fella

take it appart, im doing a gearbox on a saxo myself atm, its a right c*nt!

goodluck

[Bailey1124]

could of been the clutch failing then, best bet would be to take off the gearbox and have a look
does it go into gears when the engines switched off?

can u explain more about this. do i have to press the clutch down to do this?

[Bailey1124]

most probably your clutch fella

take it appart, im doing a gearbox on a saxo myself atm, its a right c*nt!

goodluck

cheers fella, how much it set ya back?

[SAM33R]

i got a box for 130 and clutch kit for 60, labour was 40

just having problems with the clutch, think it was faulty so my mechanic gonna do it for free

there is a really good website where you give you car details, phone number and the part you need...

within minutes different breakers call you with quotes and or email them to you

its really convenient with next day del. i got my box delivered today

http://www.247spares.co.uk/

sam

[boz]

is your clutch pedal flat to the floor?

sometimes its just the thrust/release bearing that goes, this causes the pedal to sit on the floor.

may also be the gearbox, never had a one go on me so i dont know what happens.

had a thrust bearing go on me tho, that went pop and the clutch pedal just sat on the floor lol

gearbox is a bit fiddly to do, but if you have the time and the gear, it worth doing to learn more about the car etc :)

hope you get it sorted mate

boz

[hesslevtr]

prob release bearing if it was making a whine

if it is ihope 1 of the ball bearings havent shattered the bell housing as its a new gearbox

[boz]

lol i had a fair few of those fell out when i did mine, was fook all left of it

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y184/bozjc/Pictureclutchpics006.jpg

worked alot better with a new one in it ;)

[SAM33R]

right was giving it some beans on a "public airstrip" and all of a sudden i went to change up a gear and BANG!!! it wont go into gear now at all. Its a 1997 P VTS with 105k on the clock. What do u reckon it could be? Last clutch was changed at 60k....

any help would be much appreciated :y:

giving it some beans???

try this to see if its you box or clutch part

dont start the car as you dont have a clutch to do the following:

first see if you can select all gears when the engine is not running

then put it in 1st

and release the handbrake, if you get braking from the box, then that means you pressure plate and clutch are catching and are not faulty, if theres slack in the clutch pedal, and it hangs low, and doest feel springy (soz for vague explantaion) then its defo your release bearing as they take a lot of pressure inside

hope you get it sorted, either way your gonna have to open her up

sam

[sweetVTR84]

could it be the gearbox linkage? i had one one of my linkages come apart because of a loose nut. if it is this it wont cost much to fix at all. u cud do it urself. has the clutch changed in any way?