Slight crunch shifting to 3rd at high revs

[hipwell]

Just noticed that when I shift into 3rd when above about 6k I get a slight crunch at the gear stick, almost as if the clutch isn't down enough but it is.

Oil recently changed

 

[LowLife.]

Mine does this as well.
f**king gash.

 

[hipwell]

Bloody soft Rs boxes lol.

Anybody know of a cure other than new box lol?

 

[LowLife.]

Yeah.

Spoiler

Don't buy French.

 

[Fred@BTM]

rebuild time

 

[Cup_Clio]

ive got the exact same problem

 

[LowLife.]

rebuild time

What does this cost Fred? I have found that it is only when giving it some love from 2nd to 3rd. All the others are fine :S

 

[Gt rob]

3rd is always a Cnut to get into even on a good box, just have to learn your car better

 

[hipwell]

rebuild time

How many nights in is this gonna cost me Fred? Something you can do? New clutch time aswel then at the same time then ah

 

[Fletcher]

Bloody soft Rs boxes lol.

Anybody know of a cure other than new box lol?

I've had no problems with my box.. now done just under 130K!

IMO the engine and box are pretty tough.

 

[Fred@BTM]

if the box is proper fooked then it can be upto £1K for a rebuild with a clutch, drive in, drive out, but that's rare (i'm talking knackerd bearings, hubs the lot)

 

[hipwell]

How much if it's not that nackered lol?

 

[Fred@BTM]

hard to say as every box is different, but £700 is about the minimum

 

[Martin_172]

I've had no problems with my box.. now done just under 130K!

IMO the engine and box are pretty tough.

agreed, i genuinely dont dislike the box at all in any way, mine have both felt nice to use, slide in and out of gears no problem and so far ive yet to come across any of these "reliability issues" i guarantee all the issues are caused by wheelspinning and allowing the wheels to tramp under hard acceleration.

 

[Evil Ally]

Fred, how hard are these to DIY rebuild? I've rebuilt a Peugeot BE3 box and that was straight forward enough, are these similar? Presumably this would be caused by a worn synchro, in which case, it shouldn't cost that much to fix for the DIY'er?

 

[Fred@BTM]

they're a t**t LOL, i hate the bloddy things

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

burp says the guys they use will rebuild a gearbox in a day for £300, thats based on you handing them a gearbox tho iirc. mine crunches in second and third!!! for me changing gear in a clio wouldnt be the same without lots of crunching noises (the crunching sound means its working)