Gear Box Problems

[fletchers]

Anyone know where I can get a decent 2nd had gear box for a 99 VTR...... I have been told my gear box will give up soon, have these noise when accelerating and decelerating in 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

[SaxoAL]

thrust bearings...? have to get it checked out to b honest matey !

[lcsax]

Hey i got my gear box from and place in Englad i'll try and find out what it was called, mines was for a VTS very hard to find!!!! Mine had a nice big whole in it!! they don't come cheap either mines was £300+
Lxxx smileys/smiley17.gif

[SaxoAL]

Hey i got my gear box from and place in Englad i'll try and find out what it was called, mines was for a VTS very hard to find!!!! Mine had a nice big whole in it!! they don't come cheap either mines was £300+
Lxxx smileys/smiley17.gif

I hope you mean your 'old one' had a big hole in it , not the new one! LOL

[Scott]

phone round all the local breakers and scrap yards, if your struggling to find one any gear box off any saxo will fit

[lcsax]

Hey i got my gear box from and place in Englad i'll try and find out what it was called, mines was for a VTS very hard to find!!!! Mine had a nice big whole in it!! they don't come cheap either mines was £300+
Lxxx smileys/smiley17.gif

I hope you mean your 'old one' had a big hole in it , not the new one! LOL

LOL, yeah i ment my old gear box!!! Lxxx

[AdamH]

wat noise does it make? cos if it whistles its the crown bearings.. and if u live near me.. hands off any saxo gearboxes that r in this area r mine smileys/smiley17.gif

[fletchers]

Managed to find a decent gearbox from a breakers in Reading they had a few of them got it for about £200 - although the thrust bearing had gone the gears where also mangled... wasn't to bad to replace

[SaxoAL]

yeh, same as what happened to mine.Old ones still sitting in the garage waiting for me to strip it of any good parts !

[WestyVTR]

what was wrong wiv fittin a 106gti box!? or even a 106rally box....! apparently they are the way to go, says my much trusted peugeot mech! fit straight in... nice! smileys/smiley4.gif

[Scott]

try finding the 1.3 rally box and it is slightly weaker than normal 106/saxo boxes so i have heard

[oz_borne]

listen to us sooo desperate for them

I've got mine off of a guy on ssc. 120 for 20000 miles done. My mechanic said rip his hand off for it!!!!

lol

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[Deano1983]

its the bears in your gear box they will have worn away you can tell by draining the oil etc outta your gear box cu it will have ground up bits of metal in it!! Same happened to mine mate by giving it more hammer than it could take haha, i got a re-conditioned one for £600 when shitreon was asking for £1500 for the same thing! smileys/smiley5.gif

[Scott]

but it is normal to have worn bits of metal in your gearbox oil, they will normally stick to the drain plugs, known as swarf its normal to have a bit but if you have an excessive amount and a few teeth then your in troublesmileys/smiley17.gif

[Deano1983]

ah i didnt know that scott, but i was kinda right wasnt i, am learning aint i! smileys/smiley2.gif

[WestyVTR]

well if any1 wants a mk2 vtr box ket me know ill happily give them mine... its fine at the moment sounds just like a grinda if you give it some welly & try & change quikly! lol... Any idea why it sounds so fcuking noisey at idle also! is it the clutch plates!? its since if had the bmc enclosed ind kit that ive noticed the change! is it true the vtr box is only good for 110bhp!or there bouts... thats wot i was running with the pipercross open filter before...(hmm gti box & paddle clutch on the way then!!)smileys/smiley4.gif

[Scott]

gti box, vts box, 1.1 box, 1.4 box. All made of the exact same thing all the same strength

[WestyVTR]

obvoisly they cant all take the same amount of bhp tho!? can they? gti box for fuel economy down the motor way... 1-2-3 out of a 106 rally! if i can find one....

[Scott]

yes they are all made the same way and will all take the exact same abuse.

GTI box defo not best for economy, if you want economy stick with the vtr box its the longest, vts/1.1/gti are shorter ratio and will not be as economical. i.e. 70mph in the vtr is 3000 rpm (ish) and 3500rpm (ish) in the vts

[WestyVTR]

ahh! i was under the impresion gti had a longer 5th... but thats cool, less work for him! lol

[Scott]

well at least i dont think it does, i know it is not exaclty the same as the vts box but i do know its not a kick in the arse off itsmileys/smiley17.gif

[WestyVTR]

lol... very similar boxes i know sum1 whos got a gti box in his 1.4pug it flys to 3rd gear then revs just die, so he saves £'s on fuel. smileys/smiley4.gif well ill stick with my box & just change the first 3 gears. See how it goes.