Dave Avant
26-10-2007, 10:13 PM
Well last weekend it was finished but haven't had chance to post about it.
Basically I had problems sometimes pulling the gear stick out of 2nd, and always when stationary, when driving it was fine. Then a week or 2 ago Iwent into 2nd gear and when the turbo came in it went crunch and grind - 2nd gear had totally gone.
Stripped the box and found the selector collar for 1st and 2nd had all the teeth missing on the 2nd gear side, hence no 2nd gear. Its supprising that the car only puts its power through such a small amount of teeth. On the 1st piccy you can see about 3mm of the teeth have been shaved away and thats all the gear runs on, not the whole thing.
Anyway what would be an expensive job cost me £46 to fix!!! :D DIY always pays, well most of the time. It was just me and my Dad who did the job and were both not mechanics. Obviously there were a few other bits which needed replacing as they were 'damaged' when removed from the box. So the it cost me just shy of £100, then plus a new clutch which I thought while I'm here it'd be rude not to and gear oil etc. As the A4 is designed to accept big V8s there was a decent amount of room to work on it and remove the box which helped and you don't have to remove the drive shafts and dismantle the suspension as they unbolt from the box.
The clutch was in good health and should last another 70,000 miles.
Also so I gave it a service and changed the rear pads with a caliper rewind tool which made it as easy as winding a clock. :D
One problem I had with the car after its major surgery was a rattle which I pin pointed to the cat - thought I may have dropped/banged it removing it and was going to gut it, but found a loose bolt on the flange, tightened it up, job done.
Since doing the job I have noticed 2nd doesn't move forwards and backwards when you accellerate and decellerate - must have been the dodgy selector collar.
Now if you accidently grind the gears when selecting, try not to as it may do what mine did and eventually wear itself out and the wear being born from the gear grinding.
here are some pics;
Basically I had problems sometimes pulling the gear stick out of 2nd, and always when stationary, when driving it was fine. Then a week or 2 ago Iwent into 2nd gear and when the turbo came in it went crunch and grind - 2nd gear had totally gone.
Stripped the box and found the selector collar for 1st and 2nd had all the teeth missing on the 2nd gear side, hence no 2nd gear. Its supprising that the car only puts its power through such a small amount of teeth. On the 1st piccy you can see about 3mm of the teeth have been shaved away and thats all the gear runs on, not the whole thing.
Anyway what would be an expensive job cost me £46 to fix!!! :D DIY always pays, well most of the time. It was just me and my Dad who did the job and were both not mechanics. Obviously there were a few other bits which needed replacing as they were 'damaged' when removed from the box. So the it cost me just shy of £100, then plus a new clutch which I thought while I'm here it'd be rude not to and gear oil etc. As the A4 is designed to accept big V8s there was a decent amount of room to work on it and remove the box which helped and you don't have to remove the drive shafts and dismantle the suspension as they unbolt from the box.
The clutch was in good health and should last another 70,000 miles.
Also so I gave it a service and changed the rear pads with a caliper rewind tool which made it as easy as winding a clock. :D
One problem I had with the car after its major surgery was a rattle which I pin pointed to the cat - thought I may have dropped/banged it removing it and was going to gut it, but found a loose bolt on the flange, tightened it up, job done.
Since doing the job I have noticed 2nd doesn't move forwards and backwards when you accellerate and decellerate - must have been the dodgy selector collar.
Now if you accidently grind the gears when selecting, try not to as it may do what mine did and eventually wear itself out and the wear being born from the gear grinding.
here are some pics;