Gearbox.. oh and Clutch... oh and flywheel...

[b1nuzz]

Hi All,

So my gearbox bearings have been grinding for a while. For almost 2 years in third but over the past month, it now grinds heavily in 1st through 4th. Nothing in 5th or 6th though.

I took it to hospital and they reckon that i need it sorted, (well I worked that bit out myself) so just after your opinion.

Car is an LCR
76000 on the clock
REVO stage 1

Should i get a new clutch at the same time?
What about the flywheel?

Im not bothered about upgrading to nice ones, oem is fine. I have heard that the Audi TT clutch is better than the LCR one? is this true? Is it a straight swap?

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Ben

 

[Dani_b19]

So what's happen with the box, you getting anew one or getting it rebuilt?

 

[b1nuzz]

The box is hopefully just going to get rebuilt.

 

[6th.replicant]

I'd go for an Audi TT (Mk1) clutch, which'll take the brunt of your Revo's extra (at least 30%?) torque.

I believe it is, more or less, a straight swap. Ask/PM Bill at Badger, he's the expert re fitting TT clutches into LCRs.

 

[Dani_b19]

How much is it costing to have it rebuilt?

 

[b1nuzz]

Well i'm not sure on the final costs, but i think its about 350 to drop the box out the car, then about another 400 to fix it.

Something like that.

 

[matylad]

Having similar problems myself, have been for a while. This 3rd gear grainding seems to be an ever increasing problem across an increasing number of LCRs.

The biggest shock for me was the cost of a new flywheel, best part of £500 from SEAT. I do remember reading somewhere that these are made by LUK. On Euro Car Parts the LUK flywheel for the LCR is in the region of £250! So might be worth considering

Will be interesting to see how much the box being refurbed costs. I was looking at buying a refurbed box from here http://www.volkswagenspares.com/page.php?page=Gearboxes when the time comes.

Keep us posted on what you decide and the costs.

Matt.

 

[b1nuzz]

The cost of the flywheel is something im trying to ignore. Hopefully it wont need replacing!

 

[dg-1984]

Hi, I am getting a crumbling grinding noise from my LCR covered 52K miles, when the car is under load turning sharply right, only does it for 30 mins of driving then goes away, did your start out like this?
It does it in most gears if cars cold, its quite worrying if I drop down to 3rd to overtake coming out of a right hand corner the car makes a loud grumbling and can feel vibrations through handbrake lever and gear stick, goes away as soon as its straight.
Is there any real danger or is it just a horrible noise?

Going to get the car checked by seat garage, but it seems steap to repair especialy only after 52K miles thought they would last a bit longer.

Any info would be great, mine has only really done this for last 4-6 months.

 

[dg-1984]

pm sent

 

[CupraMVR]

Aint the R32 clutch better for the LCR i read somewhere

 

[JamJay]

I don't think the R32 clutch fits, doesn't bolt in correctly or something.

 

[6th.replicant]

Interesting that both Matylad & B1nuzz's LCRs have had re-maps.

Is this merely coincidence or indicative that the LCR's gearbox is not really suited to the extra strain/loads of a re-map's increased torque?

 

[b1nuzz]

after quite a lot of research and pulling my car apart, driving others, and having others drive mine, it looks like its not the gearbox causing my noise.

Well it is the gearbox, but its nothing unusual. It is a little louder than another LCR i drove, but nothing to worry about. So after all that, there is nothing to worry about. Yay

 

[6th.replicant]

... So after all that, there is nothing to worry about. Yay

Good news!

 

[CupraMVR]

not tyres making noise ? are they out of shape?