PROBLEMS SELECTING GEARS
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:14 pm
My 325 manual (155k)has suddenly started having problems with the gears. The gearbox has always been loose but has always been smooth and gears have always slid in nicely(apart from the usual first couple of changes on a cold morning).During a long journey they started playing up on up and down changes- needing to double declutch sometimes helped but sometimes just wouldnt go into gear. Was also hard to get first from a halt-it would 'half'go in and then bounce out sometimes.No strange sounds or anything-just done two 200mile motorway journeys fine(apart from gear changes). Is fine for the first mile or so but starts to play up as soon as warm.
I changed clutch master and slave very recently and drove 250 miles with no probs before this started.(and no fluid loss)-I dont know if this is just a co-incidence
Could it be a clutch prob or a gearbox/linkage problem?
Any ideas welcome(need to car for France next week!!!)
I changed clutch master and slave very recently and drove 250 miles with no probs before this started.(and no fluid loss)-I dont know if this is just a co-incidence
Could it be a clutch prob or a gearbox/linkage problem?
Any ideas welcome(need to car for France next week!!!)