Gregtdi Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Hi Guys and GalsI have gone through the 'gearbox' thread and I could not see anything like the symptoms that I am experiencing. The car pulls to the left badly when accelerating. What is more it is fair to say that it does not turn left very well and it is even worse when reversing. As I mentioned in my other post my mk3 1.9d turns a lot better than the poo. All gears engage well but are all over the place.I had it up on the ramp (running in gear), when my mechanic locked one of the wheels the revs dropped and engine/gearbox shook badly. In addition, when the engine is off one of the wheels is always hard to turn and while it's being turned the other wheel does not spin at all. My guess is that the diff is gone. This does not surprise me at all considering that there is a bad whining noise while driving in 5th gear what leads to the conclusion that the box is also gone. What surprises me tho is the fact that it did not break down on me considering that I did over 800 miles like that in 2 days doing 70mph on motorways in the recent heat.So far I have:- replaced both wheel bearings- done the wheel alignment- checked for crash damage- replaced springs Any thoughts? I am about to buy a SH box. As the car owes me over £400 so far in garage bills alone and it spent last 3 months at the mechanics I am reluctant to spend additional £450 on the box itself.ThanksGreg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Don't suppose you know if it's been involved in an accident or not do you? I know you said you've checked for crash damage but how far did you get with that? Have you checked your wishbone bushes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted July 6, 2015 Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Does it turn much easier to the left with the wheels off the floor? I seems to be like it's probably had a nearside crunch at some point, either way, I see in another thread your box is whining anyways so a new box would sort that I'd imagine. Tbh a grand for a tdi seems a bit too good to be true either way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregtdi Posted July 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2015 Yes I will get the box either way, I may change the bushes while I'm there. I've also found out that the thermostat is gone today as the temperatures dropped it failed to move up from 70C.I have measured all major lengths and angles with laser during the weekend and all seems to be good as far as the basic stuff is concerned. Yes a grand was cheap and now I'm paying the difference. Also sometimes (usually straight after pushing it a little) when going up the gears the clutch just drops. Like it would all of the sudden lose all fluid or something. Two quick pumps and it's back to where it was and. It stays like that. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) Probably the diff if you have lots of noise down there. If the tolerances are shot (side to side slop etc) then you get torque steer.One driven wheel off the ground at a time and in neutral they should spin reasonably freely allowing for the drag in the gearbox, I'm pretty sure if both are off the ground and you spin one the other should turn the other way (unless an LSD). Edited July 8, 2015 by Sausage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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