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    Default Major gearbox problems

    Yesterday I was driving along, and all of a sudden my gearbox starts rattling/vibrating quite badly. It's not a violent shake, but it sounds and feels absolutely horrible. It has a sound similar to if you let off the clutch a little early and you grind the gears a little, but not as violent, but it's a constant noise. It's really only noticeable over 30mph.... below that it's not all that noticeable.

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    inspection time, hopefully its only the guibo or something like that. anytime you get that its from slop in the driveline, could even possibly be the cv joints.
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    Change your fluid to Redline if no major damage visibly seen

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    guibo ???
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    guibo = flex disk on driveshaft.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wyn
    Yesterday I was driving along, and all of a sudden my gearbox starts rattling/vibrating quite badly. It's not a violent shake, but it sounds and feels absolutely horrible. It has a sound similar to if you let off the clutch a little early and you grind the gears a little, but not as violent, but it's a constant noise. It's really only noticeable over 30mph.... below that it's not all that noticeable.
    Hopefully guibo or centre bearing.... clutch even... ? Good luck! To visually check you have to pull the exhaust and the drive shaft. Any noise transferring from the middle of the car? That would mean less trouble...

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