Why not to do full throttle gear changes

[Adams_16v]

only done about 4k miles on this, did a full throttle gear change and its boogered! lol it didnt sound healthy at all!

The one i took off 8 months ago was loads worse though, but it was the original one!



http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/mycar/dogbone/dogbone1.jpg

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/mycar/dogbone/dogbone2.jpg

 

[CocoPops]

Wot is it?

 

[McBunny]

dog bone mount

 

[iPap]

Not a Dogbone, I dont think!











*edited, if it is, what the hell did I put on my clio last week*

 

[McBunny]

tbh i have no idea what it is lol but looked kinda like a bone

 

[Adams_16v]

thats the dogbone mount aye! for the gearbox!

shaped like a dogbone hense its name lol

 

[McBunny]

haha i was right ner ner n ner ner

 

[iPap]

What did I put on my car last weekend? Was bigger than that and also called a dogbone and conected to the gearbox?!?!?!?!

 

[BRUN]

if its the same as a Clio 1.4 one mate then ive got a dogbone from Hill power for sale...

 

[JAY172]

shows you how much strain you create doing changes like that

 

[Adams_16v]

its also nackered my sync, pops out of second when im driving very slowly, thought changeing this would have cured it but its not

Theres no gearstick movement though now hardly! (apart from popping out of 2nd lol)

Worst thing is i only had the box completely rebuilt 8k miles ago!

DONT DO FULL THROTTLE CHANGES!!!! LOL

 

[JAY172]

the amount of strain it puts on parts doing these kind of changes it bound to break something.like you said not a good idea.

 

[MaLicE]

get a electronic full throttle shift thing, lots of gtts have them, will keep the engine at the reve u dip the clutch out rather than letting them shoot up, and will stop the big jumps which brakes mounts...

 

[JAY172]

that would work better than letting engines bounce on the limiter until you release the clutch.

 

[Adams_16v]

yeah thing is it didnt even hit the limitor, i can change pretty quick, but it just made a really loud bang and didnt sound healthy. Since then its been popping out of gear.

It crunches when i change fast into to 2nd as well. But as far as i can remember it always has done. Doesnt seem to be a problem at all though, just sometimes makes a crunch noise when i do a fast change. and only ever in 2nd!

 

[Roamer]

The crunch noise will be your synchro on 2nd gear mate, what youre doing is racing the synchro, its not having chance to spin up to speed match before being engaged.

 

[Adams_16v]

roamer when u planning on 1/4 miling the car mate? is it fully complete yet?

 

[Roamer]

Hmmmm well, after some exhaust work, change of filter system, and a full service and ecu map check mate - probably mid feb at a guess.

 

[Paul C]

looks like you gotta get your box rebuilt again mate!! money money money thats all these ars take off you!!

Paul

 

[Adams_16v]

yeah, pain in the ass. it drives spot on like, so im gonna leave it for now. I can handle it popping out, it only does it when im driving really slow in 2nd.

Just a pain in the ass when iv got my mobile in one hand and a can of larger in the other

 

[Paul16V]

Nutter!! Get a williams box yothman, mine taken some right stick and never failed.

 

[Paul C]

ssshhh your trying to sell it!!

Paul