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barnoon Experienced

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Hey guys,

Driving home tonight gave it a squirt in first put it into second, full throttle and then when it came onto full boost I hear BANG and the whole car jerks and theirs a massive rattle sound coming from the gearbox,

I quickly pulled over and turned the car off had a look underneath to see if anything was fallen off or anything but coudlnt see anything out of the ordinary, got back in the car started it, MASSIVE rattling sound coming from the gearbox on idle even when the car was in neutral, car very hard to get into gear, took off in first took off very hard just that massive constant rattle, everytime I tried to put it into second I just get a massive bang and the whole car jerks and it wont go in so I managed to baby the car home in 3rd (with that loud rattling noise still going constantly seems to ease up a bit when the clutch it put all the way in and the car is idling)

Ive booked a tow for the morning to get the car to a workshop but does it seem like the gearbox is gone?

Why do these things happen at the worst times was just preparing to put my new turbo on and fix some other things on the car :cheers:

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Mr. Oizo Grand Master

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if it's at idle (in neutral), its likely that it's the clutch and not the gearbox

because obviously nothing in the gearbox should be moving in neutral

does it still make the sound if you push the clutch pedal in?

barnoon Experienced

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Hmm hopefully thats what it is mate I just replaced the clutch with a heavy duty one 2 months ago though so not sure why it would of caused this.

Yeah it does seem to go away if you put the clutch in and its idling but when I was babying it home whenever I put the clutch in as the car was going along it would still do it but I guess the gearbox would still have things moving if the cars moving right?

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Mr. Oizo Grand Master

Mr. Oizo

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Sounds like the g/box is gone, when in neutral the main shaft still turns . The only time it doesn't is when the car is not moving and clutch pedal pushed in.

you learn something new everyday!

thanks for clearing that up :cheers:

rice_me_up Rising Star

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to put it plain and simple:

if your car is rolling (clutch in OR out)- there will be a section of the gearbox that is moving.

if the clutch pedal is out, and its in neutral (regardless of rolling or not rolling) there will be a different section of the gearbox thats moving.

to get a very good understanding of how gearboxes work i reccomend this link:

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/transmission.htm

your description to me sounds like your gearbox has been raped.

my condolences for your loss (as much as i like to be right, i hope im wrong). i hate it when bad shit happens to pride and joys.

cheers. james.

EDIT: took me so long to write this up, your question has been answered before i finished! but atleast i supplied a good link! cheers.

Mandingo Proficient

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Dude if you are upgrading to a bigger turbo I would change to an R33 gearbox as 20 ones are fairly weak. Is a bit more expensive but better in the long run as its 1 less thing to worry about busting all the time.

dbo Enthusiast

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Shit bad luck dave and you haven't even been able to put my turbo on yet!! :P

Although R33 boxes are stronger, I can't see the need to upgrade to one unless your pulling some decent figures already, and plan to take the car alot further power wise.

FRom what i've been told you need the g/box itself obviously, approx $1500, get it fitted, and i'm pretty sure you also need a custom made tailshaft, and alot of other crap to get it working.. it's a costly exercise, but you would never have to worry about breaking the box again!!

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