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kevinshally

kevinshally

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Symtoms:
Changing gear servers up a grinding noise unless I do it at very low revs and take my time with the right foot on release. Any hard movement of the right foot and there is a clap from teh rear end. At speed, taking the foot off the accelerator causes the gear level to do a wee dance and the car do shake, alot.
The car now has to be driven very slowly, building up speed between the gears.

The clutch is fine, and from what I've been told it could be a bearing somwhere in the drivetrain.
Has anyone here had the same issue?
It happened coming out of Dublin, Friday evening, 1.5 hours to go 2 miles and obviously I hurt it during that.
It's with Barry Whelan at the minute so in good hands.

Kev.
 
The mechanic said that the clutch seemed ok, but I guess that when he gets it up in the air it might turn out that it is also a clutch problem.
Awaiting a call to let me know what the full damage is. Painful!
Kev
 
Well Chris you were right.
Clutch is wrecked.
On further inspection, brackets around gearbox had to be broken to get them off.
2 cv joints need replacing.
All that on top of the regular service.
Thankfully, the parts can all be posted from the UK cos to get them here is just too much.
1 weeks later and still no car. Nightmare. Must have it for the may bank holiday weekend!
So far the parts cost in total is over 1k euro. I better padd the back of my pantaloons for the kicking the missus will no doubt deliver.
Kev
 
ORIGINAL: chrisdenton

Are you sure the clutch is fine Kevin? Sounds just like mine when the rubber core broke down.
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I concur. If you drive along at steady speed and take your foot off the accelerator and back on again and get a laggy clunk in the drive train its probably the clutch core. There should be a clutch inspection plate you can remove to have a look through


oops I should have read the thread through before giving my 2 pennyworth lol
 
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