Play in gearbox

[vince70]

I wonder if anyone can give me a bit of advice, my old winter hack 1995 1.6 fwd Audi A4 is sitting on the drive looking sorry for itself and while I'm not using it I want to get an annoying problem sorted out on the old girl...


I find at low speeds the car seems to have a certain amount of play and a bit clonk when pulling away and it also happens when I'm easing off the accelerator at low speeds but there's no movement in the gear stick.


It's been like that for ages and the gearbox doesn't whine and changes gear lovely.


I had a new clutch fitted about 3 years ago and it was the same before that when I first bought it..


It's quite annoying in stop start traffic and just want to find the problem without spending to much on it and wondered where I should start looking.

[Alan02]

Possibly a worn Driveshaft joint. Try turning a driveshaft by hand back and forth and check for movement of shaft before the wheel follows direction. The possibly worn joint can be at the gearbox end also.

[jbh325i]

I would agree with this. check the drive shafts also check the front stub mount on the engine.