is it safe??

1. MangoJake Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2010 Radstock/bath Posts: 396 Mango furio. now a black vts

   #1 21st June 2011, 13:58

   my gearbox has been noisy for a few weeks now. took it to garage and they said its got a noisy gear link bearing or something like that? and not to worry about, not worth changing the gearbox for it.
   
   im off to cornwall thursday which is like 3 1/2 hour drive from mine, iv got no problems getting the car in gear, no crunching or anything. just a bit of a rattle in idle. cant hear it when im driving for obvious reasons lol.
   
   it got me to FCS and back no trouble. just wondering if it would be ok to take to cornwall? wont just pack up and fall out will it lol
   
   essay done...
2. tomw1123 Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2011 St Austell, Cornwall Posts: 179 Hyosung GT125R

   #2 21st June 2011, 14:00

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by MangoJake my gearbox has been noisy for a few weeks now. took it to garage and they said its got a noisy gear link bearing or something like that? and not to worry about, not worth changing the gearbox for it. im off to cornwall thursday which is like 3 1/2 hour drive from mine, iv got no problems getting the car in gear, no crunching or anything. just a bit of a rattle in idle. cant hear it when im driving for obvious reasons lol. it got me to FCS and back no trouble. just wondering if it would be ok to take to cornwall? wont just pack up and fall out will it lol essay done...

   Should be fine, it sounds more like thrust bearing, see if it goes away when you push the clutch down
3. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #3 21st June 2011, 14:07

   Until it seizes up or collapses.
4. tomw1123 Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2011 St Austell, Cornwall Posts: 179 Hyosung GT125R

   #4 21st June 2011, 14:08

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Gandi699 Until it seizes up or collapses.

   Yes until that, i forgot to wrote that
5. MangoJake Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2010 Radstock/bath Posts: 396 Mango furio. now a black vts

   #5 21st June 2011, 15:45

   yeah it goes when clutch is down. how long do these things last before they seize?
6. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #6 21st June 2011, 16:39

   How longs a piece of string. Took one off a metro once that was utterly solid. Its on of those cuntish jobs - get the whole box off to just slip the part on in 2 seconds.
7. beardyboy Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2011 essex Posts: 157 2001 saxo vtr turbo

   #7 21st June 2011, 18:00

   my thrust bearing was making a noise for over a year and never give up on me, but like what has been said, how long is a peice of string.