Hi guys
It's been a while since I was last here and have come with cap in hand to beg for forgiveness.
I have a bit of a quandary with the transmission in the fact that every now and then I get a noise that sounds like the gears are loud under load ie when on the accelerator and changing up through the gears from 1st through to 3rd I think. The noise is as if for a moment the gears are louder, not like they are crunching and grinding just loud gears. They feel fine and normal to change through.
My first thought was it's the gearbox on the way out ie diff or something like that, but as it is intermittent and normally after a long journey I wasn't so sure.
When parking up the other night I noticed when turning the wheel left there was a bit of cracking noise, so instantly I'm think CV or driveshaft? So yesterday I had a quick look underneath the car and noticed there was a bit of play on both the inner CV that enter the gearbox o/s a bit worse, they both rattle a bit.
I should mention that I started to get clutch slip about 4000 miles ago, but this is only under harder acceleration in the higher gears and doesn't happen if driven gently. Had the clutch and dual mass flywheel changed at 75000 and it's now done 130000.
So my question is would worn CVs / driveshaft be the cause of the intermittent louder gear noise? I should also mention as I did notice on occasion it was happening when cornering for example changing down to enter a bend in the road then back on the throttle the noise will sometimes appear.
I'd very much appreciate any help and opinion from the community as I am struggling make a diagnosis / decision on what to do next.
I think I should have posted this in faults so apologies if I've dropped the ball.
Thanks very much
It's been a while since I was last here and have come with cap in hand to beg for forgiveness.
I have a bit of a quandary with the transmission in the fact that every now and then I get a noise that sounds like the gears are loud under load ie when on the accelerator and changing up through the gears from 1st through to 3rd I think. The noise is as if for a moment the gears are louder, not like they are crunching and grinding just loud gears. They feel fine and normal to change through.
My first thought was it's the gearbox on the way out ie diff or something like that, but as it is intermittent and normally after a long journey I wasn't so sure.
When parking up the other night I noticed when turning the wheel left there was a bit of cracking noise, so instantly I'm think CV or driveshaft? So yesterday I had a quick look underneath the car and noticed there was a bit of play on both the inner CV that enter the gearbox o/s a bit worse, they both rattle a bit.
I should mention that I started to get clutch slip about 4000 miles ago, but this is only under harder acceleration in the higher gears and doesn't happen if driven gently. Had the clutch and dual mass flywheel changed at 75000 and it's now done 130000.
So my question is would worn CVs / driveshaft be the cause of the intermittent louder gear noise? I should also mention as I did notice on occasion it was happening when cornering for example changing down to enter a bend in the road then back on the throttle the noise will sometimes appear.
I'd very much appreciate any help and opinion from the community as I am struggling make a diagnosis / decision on what to do next.
I think I should have posted this in faults so apologies if I've dropped the ball.
Thanks very much
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