Hi Martyn Was the one piece crank with main shaft due to the bearing failing and then no clutch?
Mine is very odd as it was a knock, knock and then nothing, and as soon as I reversed no noise at all, and since then having driven 20 miles it is still silent. I am a little worried by this. The car has only done 24k miles and the clutch feels fine, the only thing I can think of is the bearing has dried out at some point and is starting to fail. What do you think? Regards, Adrian Sent from my iPad On 21 Jul 2012, at 16:15, Martyn J Culling <[email protected]> wrote: > Adrian > > From personal experience - be careful. My crossflow thrust bearing made a > noise, and less than 1000 miles late I had a one piece crank and gearbox main > shaft. > > Over 100 miles from home, on a motorway, on a bank holiday Saturday, I pulled > into a service station and could not change gear. RAC man managed to find a > garage to fix it, and really, the price for a big job on a Saturday was a > bargain. Plus I could carry on and do another 300 miles and go on my holiday > - just made arrival many hours late. > > rgds Martyn > > On Jul 21 2012, Adrian Slade wrote: > > Hi > > Just got trusty Rosie (plus 8) out for a run to Sidmouth with she who must be > obeyed in passenger seat. Got 200 yards and then funny nocking noise, > initially I thought oh no a stuck valve, the I noticed clutch depressed a no > noise, ah ah! > > So I stuck it into reverse moved back a bit to turn around an then into 1st > and the noise had gone. So I moved forward and back and still no noise, so > great. We continued on our journey at up to 60 and all was fine there and > back. > > So now I am home this is praying on my mind a bit, I cannot detect any noise > from the gearbox, or the nocking noise, so my initial thought is a small > stone might have got into the clutch workings am putting it into reverse > freed it out (not sure if there is external access holes for this to happen). > > Has anyone else experienced anything similar, or is it a sign of a failure > looming possibly? > > Regards, > > Adrian > > Sent from my iPad > > > ------------------------------------------- > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] > > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > View posts on The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
