as i was on my way to drop my brother off at work. my brother asked me to lift my foot off the accellerater pedal, as he said he could here a weid noise, then as i put my foot back down on the pedal we heard some loud grinding sort of noises, and i no longer had any accellerationbut when i put the clutch in the noise stopped.

i then rolled into a nearby carpark and once i had the car parked, i tried selecting gears to see if anything would happen. the clutch pedal still felt fine and it selected all gears but as soon as i let off the clutch pedal it started making the noises again, and the car wouldn't move.

does anyone have any clue wot this might be as this does not seem like a typical worn/stuffed clutch sort of probelm.

and as i have not yet had a chance to get underneath the car to check it thoroughly, i was wondering if anyone else has had this sort of problem or knows of this problem?? lol.

i have a clutch kit lined up already as i was planning to replace it soon anyway but that this has happened i need to know if theres is anything else i may need to check/replace... lol.

If it happens in all gears it's probably your diff. Try draining the oil and taking the cover off for a look. Could also be the propshaft, maybe the link piece everyone worries about.

filthyjohn wrote:maybe the link piece everyone worries about.

+1 sounds like that, apparently that's supposed to sound like a kinda drill noise?

SteveP wrote:

filthyjohn wrote:maybe the link piece everyone worries about.

+1 sounds like that, apparently that's supposed to sound like a kinda drill noise?

+1 for that, I have heard very different kind of descriptions of how that failure will sound, no sound to loud grinding and banging.

Cheers guys!

Will check it out as soon as i get a clear day lol. its been raining all weekend and apparently its not meant to clear up till the weekend... lol

torque tube out !