Peugeot 205 Gearbox MA Type - 3rd try - still slipping.

This is probably going to sound nuts but I replaced my gearbox 3 months
ago due to 2nd and 4th slipping. Afterwards it still slipped. So I
bought another 2nd hand gearbox and had it replaced again.

Still the same problem. Aaaaah!!!

The gearstick is visibly vibrating and that causes it to pop out, it's
also very noticeable going round corners. I basically have to drive her
with one hand on the gear stick.

1. 3 gearboxes all with the same fault.... very unlikely?
2. Gear linkages seem ok.
3. Lower engine mounting and gearbox mouting seem ok.

Can anyone suggest what I could do?

Thanks, John

 

The gearlever, gearbox or engine mountings so far gone that they aren't
damping vibration? That lets the gear lever or some other part of the gear
selector linkage hit something unmoving and knock it out of gear, if I
understand you correctly? If it is definatley slipping and not just getting
knocked out of gear then you must have a knackered clutch, I can't believe
that anybody would change the gearbox twice and not change the clutch at
least once for this type of problem!

Chris

 

Yes you're right - I should have added clutch was brand new replaced
also on 1st gearbox change!

It's definitely vibration that's causing it to slip back out of gear
but the mounts look sound - they've not crumbled or anything....

Regards, John

 

Sounds to me like a driveshaft problem..

 

alright.

i've done this. my car just rolled to a halt a while ago...and my
immediate thought was the that diff had gone since one wheel had been
slipping for about 10 minutes before it broke down. I have replaced the
clutch and gearbox but still have no forward drive. The car will engage
reverse and will turn the wheels in reverse.
the gear selectors are all fine. The driveshafts are fine.

so what the HELL is the problem?
ANy ideas anyone? I'm stumped!

it's a 53 plate peugeot 206

Thanks

 

Remove the gear box again, and check the main drive shaft sounds like
it is not working. or broken.

 

alright.

i've done this. my car just rolled to a halt a while ago...and my
immediate thought was the that diff had gone since one wheel had been
slipping for about 10 minutes before it broke down. I have replaced the
clutch and gearbox but still have no forward drive. The car will engage
reverse and will turn the wheels in reverse.
the gear selectors are all fine. The driveshafts are fine.

so what the HELL is the problem?
ANy ideas anyone? I'm stumped!

it's a 53 plate peugeot 206

Thanks

 

Is it a new box you have fitted ????????? some thing deep down inside
the box has failed, and the only way to find out is to strip it down or
send it back and have it rebuilt.(sorry for the bad news)

 

bloody thing.
Its the second time I've done it. I replaced the clutch first time and the
gearbox second time.
the gearbox has come from a working vehicle as I tested it at a breakers
yard myself before removing it and putting it in my car.

Is there anything else that could go wrong say at the crankshaft end of
the drive?

 

I think I've found the problem - but i'd welcome some thoughts...

when the gearbox and clutch bell housing go back onto the flywheel the
driveshaft from the gearbox doesn't seem to reach the flywheel very well.
I think somehow i may have got the whole thing done up again without the
driveshaft making a connection with the flywheel.

Is this possible?

Any thoughts or advice....

Thanks

 

Yes this is possible, the shaft should be the same length as the old
one or it will not fit into the clutch etc.so it looks like you got to
remove it again and make sure it is the same lenght as the old one.

 

It's probably a typo, but is there any significance in the Subject line
saying 205 gearbox and the car being a 206?

 

Trust some too notice that..ahahaha