wont go in gear

  1. Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 Louth/Lincolnshire Posts: 1540 Stage 4.5 Litchfield 725bhp R35 GTR
    #1
    every now and then when am driving my car wont go in gear but when i stop kill the engine it goes in very easy any ideas? its a 106 gti
  2. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172
    #2
    clutch or clutch cable failed? is the pedal floppy at all?
  3. Established Member Joined: Jan 2009 Louth/Lincolnshire Posts: 1540 Stage 4.5 Litchfield 725bhp R35 GTR
    #3
    no mate its only every now and then its weird kill the car and it goes straight in gear.
  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2006 The Lang Toun Posts: 4133 Mk2 Clio V6 #007 of 354
    #4
    Clutch is on its way out I'll bet. Exactly the same happened to me midway through belgium on our way to the ring in september.

    Only way i could get it into gear was to put in gear then jump start the car, force it from first to second to fourth. Managed to get it 110 miles like that, into a garage in adenau and the mechanic found my clutch springs to be loose.

  5. Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2004 Denny United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 666 Ford focus 2.0 Saxo VTS
    #5
    had similar to above clutch spring snaped and got wedged under the pressure plate fingers so couldnt push the release bearing in to change gear
  6. Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 117
    #6
    Yup had exactly the same when my clutch was wearing out.It was caused by using a cheap replacement clutch which had the pressure plate machined too much so there wasnt much pressure on the driven plate after only 8000 miles!!! even though the driven plate had plenty of meat on it
  7. Saxperience Addict Joined: May 2009 Somewhere in Bonnyland Posts: 10669 Super clean mk5 Golf Gti and 306 hdi
    #7
    Could be a slipping thrust bearing