Gearbox problem

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• Nov 26, 2016

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Hey people. As the title suggests I have an issue with my box. i was only 6 laps into a 4 hour session at knockhill today In my s3 and devastatingly I lost drive from the gearbox! Gutted!

The box is behaving very strange. I have no drive from 1,2,5,6 gear and nothing from reverse gear. Third gear still works. But if I try to select fourth gear or neutral its still in third gear! Hopefully that makes sense. Basically stuck in third.

I don't trailer my car to the track so I had to make the 150 mile trip home in third gear! Lol

 

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• Nov 26, 2016

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good effort with the drive home

not an expert, but surely the selector fork?

 

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• Nov 26, 2016

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Was one of the less pleasant drives home! That's for sure. 40mph at 3500rpm for 3/4 hrs.

Yeah most likely the the rivets on the selector fork? It's second time it's happened to me in 20k miles. I think I'll strengthen the next box I put in.

 

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• Nov 27, 2016

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Same as me.
When the crowd say bo.... Selector

 

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• Nov 27, 2016

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SamHendry said:

Was one of the less pleasant drives home! That's for sure. 40mph at 3500rpm for 3/4 hrs.

Yeah most likely the the rivets on the selector fork? It's second time it's happened to me in 20k miles. I think I'll strengthen the next box I put in.

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drive slower? just clean it and admire its rear?

why doesn't everyone just slow down and take in the view once in a while.

 

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• Nov 27, 2016

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Stuart B said:

drive slower? just clean it and admire its rear?

why doesn't everyone just slow down and take in the view once in a while.

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That defeats the point of a track day tho

 

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• Nov 27, 2016

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With a bit of luck, it might only be the linkage.

 

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• Nov 27, 2016

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Tj 0785 said:

That defeats the point of a track day tho

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Do Sunday track days and take a picnic hamper.

 

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• Nov 27, 2016

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HTC said:

With a bit of luck, it might only be the linkage.

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I removed the the linkage from the top of the gearbox and manually selected gears, but still suffered from the issue I mentioned already. That ruled out linkage. Was strange it felt like it was selecting gears but I either had no drive or only third gear.

Frustrating to loose track time but doesn't really change much. I already planned pulling the engine gearbox out together after knockhill to rod it and go hybrid.

 

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• Nov 27, 2016

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enjoy your winter project

 

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• Nov 27, 2016

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Cheers dude. I'm going down the aet 380 route so I'm really buzzing. It's gonna cost a lot of money but I know it will be worth every penny when I get it back out on track!!

 

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