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

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

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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

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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?

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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....

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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