What does a dying BE3 box sound like?
Posted: 19 Jul 2011
Hope all are well
The gearbox on my 205 has always been poor, with a chattering at idle I put down to a knackered input shaft bearing. There is also the tendency for the gear lever to vibrate on acceleration. The car now has an (increasing every week) sort of vibratory rumble when it's subject to high torque over around 40mph; sounds kind of like a wheel bearing or driveshaft even, but pretty confident these are fine.
Just had it jacked up to check driveshafts, and had a go driving it with each wheel jacked up; there was a worrying level of clatter regardless of which wheel was revolving, which I guess is normally masked under tyre noise etc.
Sound like the box? If so will it go bang and leave bits of gearbox all over the M62 or soldier on a bit longer?
J.
The gearbox on my 205 has always been poor, with a chattering at idle I put down to a knackered input shaft bearing. There is also the tendency for the gear lever to vibrate on acceleration. The car now has an (increasing every week) sort of vibratory rumble when it's subject to high torque over around 40mph; sounds kind of like a wheel bearing or driveshaft even, but pretty confident these are fine.
Just had it jacked up to check driveshafts, and had a go driving it with each wheel jacked up; there was a worrying level of clatter regardless of which wheel was revolving, which I guess is normally masked under tyre noise etc.
Sound like the box? If so will it go bang and leave bits of gearbox all over the M62 or soldier on a bit longer?
J.