How to help your gearbox!!! Post 2003

tully78

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Jan 8, 2014

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• Jan 25, 2014

• #1

Whining?
Crunching?

This cheap £10 fix will sort it.

Trust me just done mine today as a last resort before changing the box.

Saved me a fortune.

Everything u need to know is on the link below.

Http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthre...tch-disengagement-issues-mainshaft-axial-play

Good luck guys.

 

ti

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Dec 3, 2012

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• Jan 26, 2014

• #2

What did this resolve for you ?

Has anybody else performed this with any benefit?

 

tully78

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Jan 8, 2014

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• Jan 26, 2014

• #3

I had 1-4 gears whining 5 and 6th were fine.
All noises gone now.

 

s3matty

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• Jan 26, 2014

• #4

I'm doing this @ weekend

 

chrispcupre

Active Member

Jul 27, 2011

767

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leicestershire

• Jan 26, 2014

• #5

tully78 said:

I had 1-4 gears whining 5 and 6th were fine.
All noises gone now.

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My box is a fzq and it's a whiny little bad?£rd is it the same fix ?


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tully78

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Jan 8, 2014

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• Jan 26, 2014

• #6

Yes mate same fix does all.

 

chrispcupre

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Jul 27, 2011

767

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leicestershire

• Jan 30, 2014

• #7

Cool I will check my box had the cover on the end like yours


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chrispcupre

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Jul 27, 2011

767

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leicestershire

• Jan 30, 2014

• #8

tully78 said:

Yes mate same fix does all.

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Yes mine has the black bearing cover on the side aswell parts on order for Monday hopefully it should be quieter worth a go for a tenner in parts


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brad_barker12

Dec 5, 2012

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Harlow

• Jan 30, 2014

• #9

Got the parts to do mine. Gonna tackle mine on Saturday!

 

chrispcupre

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Jul 27, 2011

767

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leicestershire

• Jan 30, 2014

• #10

brad_barker12 said:

Got the parts to do mine. Gonna tackle mine on Saturday!

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It doesn't look to bad once the wheel and the plastic trim is off


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Tigertim001

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Apr 29, 2010

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• Jan 30, 2014

• #11

looks like i need to do this also. Anyone have the part numbers for the two parts or a link to where i can buy them from?

 

tully78

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Jan 8, 2014

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• Jan 30, 2014

• #12

WHT-001-976 for the shim..
O2M-301-211-B for the black end cap.

That's everything u need.

The snap ring is a bit of a pain to remove.

 

dgjdrummer

Part-timer

Nov 5, 2011

1,310

4

Wrexham, N. Wales

• Jan 30, 2014

• #13

Picked the parts up yesterday, gonna tackle it at the weekend if it's dry. And as said, the parts come to £10 dead on from on the dealers!

 

chrispcupre

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Jul 27, 2011

767

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leicestershire

• Jan 30, 2014

• #14

dgjdrummer said:

Picked the parts up yesterday, gonna tackle it at the weekend if it's dry. And as said, the parts come to £10 dead on from on the dealers!

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Let us know how it drives when you have fixed it


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dgjdrummer

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Nov 5, 2011

1,310

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Wrexham, N. Wales

• Feb 1, 2014

• #15

Have just got this fitted, took about 30 mins out in the drizzle including jacking the car and taking the wheel off.

As I pulled the retaining clip off the whole shaft clearly moved a mm or 2 and once the shim was in there was no movement at all! The video on YouTube couldn't be any clearer, this really is worth doing as a fix or a prevention.

After a 10 minute test drive, gear changes feel more precise and there's no more droning in 5th gear when I lift off the accelerator! Thanks massively to Tully for the heads up

 

s3matty

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• Feb 1, 2014

• #16

Got my parts on order from TPS

 

chrispcupre

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Jul 27, 2011

767

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leicestershire

• Feb 1, 2014

• #17

dgjdrummer said:

Have just got this fitted, took about 30 mins out in the drizzle including jacking the car and taking the wheel off.

As I pulled the retaining clip off the whole shaft clearly moved a mm or 2 and once the shim was in there was no movement at all! The video on YouTube couldn't be any clearer, this really is worth doing as a fix or a prevention.

After a 10 minute test drive, gear changes feel more precise and there's no more droning in 5th gear when I lift off the accelerator! Thanks massively to Tully for the heads up

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That's good news hopefully it will quiet down mine abit aswell


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tully78

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Jan 8, 2014

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• Feb 1, 2014

• #18

It's a pleasure mate. Glad it worked for you.
Certainly made a difference mines been good as gold since.
Did u lose a bit of oil when removing black cap?

 

dgjdrummer

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Nov 5, 2011

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Wrexham, N. Wales

• Feb 1, 2014

• #19

Yes mate, only about an egg cup worth though.

Chris - it will sort the noise out straight away, mines been quiet and have done another 20-odd miles since fitting it earlier.

 

brad_barker12

Dec 5, 2012

806

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Harlow

• Feb 1, 2014

• #20

just like to add I fitted the parts suggested by tully and its totally cured my whine/drone in 3rd. it started to sound soo bad but after fitting this its quiet like a new gearbox! and I agree with dgjdrummer the gearchanges feel more crisp.

massive thanks to tully as I was planning on sending the box off to be rebuilt and now I don't need to