Intermittent crunching/grinding noise.....

[J666eds]

Hi,
I wonder if any of you lovely people can help me shed some light on a very intermittent problem I have with my ro. It makes a crunchy noise and something seems to move. Its done it a few times to me and it's always when pulling away slowly. I think it's after when the car has been in netural and I put it in first to pull away. It doesn't do it all the time, it's probably done it about 3 times in the last month. It's hard to describe because I forget to look out for it when driving. It feels like something drops down (maybe the gearstick). Sorry for my poor attempt of describing it! Any suggestions would be much appreciated!!!

P.s happy Christmas every one!

James

[J666eds]

007 VXR said:

I Get somthing like this sometimes.
Is the TC sign coming up on the dash ?

Only happens in 1st ? and only when trying to pull away slow ?
And just before the car stats to move, as you start to lift the clutch ?

Edited by 007 VXR on Thursday 22 December 22:34

I'm not sure about the light (it may come on) but everything is pretty much bang on to what you get!

[J666eds]

Ok cheers for that! I was jus worried I was going to end up with the insides of my gearbox over the floor!

[J666eds]

It's getting worse!!! I've just driven it too its mot and back and it's done it about 4 times. If I slowly lift off the clutch it will somes times make a horrible grinding nosie just at the biteing point.

[J666eds]

I think I've got 2 different problems, 1 that 007 has which I'm not too bothered about now I know a few other people experience it. The other noise I'm now getting is a wurry rubbing noise coming from around the gearbox. It only does it when pulling away (not every time but seems to be getting more frequent). Also 1-2 gear change seems to be getting harder. Could this be a sign of the spigot bearing beginning to fail?

Thanks

[J666eds]

It's jus gone over to 70,000 miles, still on original clutch.

[J666eds]

Looking through older posts on here, I think renpug had the same problems. I think I'm left with only one option ad that's to remove the box and check. It's getting worse and worse.

[J666eds]

Looking through older posts on here, I think renpug had the same problems. I think I'm left with only one option ad that's to remove the box and check. It's getting worse and worse.

[j666eds]

tinker-27 said:

I would say spigot bearing , it's very common , put a clutch in it while it's out if you can . Careful getting the old bearing out it's a pain , there is a core plug behind it

Thats what i think too. The more posts I read on here about it, the more it points to that. Just hope it hasn't damaged anything else. Does anyone know where i can buy a bearing puller that works on the spigot bearing? At least i got something to do christmas day now!

Thanks

[J666eds]

It there a bolt at the top of the gearbox? I've found 7 jus wondered if there was any more?
Thanks