The Terminator wrx

As above pulling away from lights no forwarning noises changed from first to second and bang loads of clunking and loss of 90 % of drive.
Limped into a side street to a gentle banging and crunching on tickover that goes away when i push the clutch.
How much do gearboxes go for ? lol

pslewis

It's your clutch!!

Or Input Shaft Bearing

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

gearbox rebuild there mate, API did one for my 02 WRX around £600 i believe

pslewis

£600 for a replacement Input shaft bearing??

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Please quote where i said £600 for a replacement input shaft bearing...


^^^^apart from here

The Terminator wrx

what did yours sound / go like when it expired ?

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

The (first) one that went sounded exactly like as you describe, noise went when clutch was depressed.

pslewis

OK, what were the details of what was wrong/replaced

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Dunno, thats why i paid to have it rebuilt.

andy97

iTrader: (1)

Are you offering to remove/ repair and refit the gearbox for less?

pslewis

Don't be daft ... there are grease monkeys for that!!

I think £600 is pretty good value actually ...... but, I don't think it was for a rebuilt gearbox!!

More than likely £600 would buy you a dismantle and simple repair costing pennies and re-assembly.

pslewis

Like said above ... for £600 the gearbox was NOT re-built ... sorry to pop your balloon - but for £600 you don't get much.

For example, in a Micra, the bearing kit is £50.

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Sounds about right, dismantle box and replace what needs replacing.

Job done

pslewis

Unless, of course, the gearbox from an Impreza is a simple removal job?

pslewis

Yes, but my point being that £600 including strip down and re-assembly would NOT rebuild a Gearbox (not with everything which wears out, replaced!)

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

gearbox repair then and service. Whats the point of replacing gears that are not broken?

pslewis

None ... but a REBUILT gearbox would be one where all items that have a life are replaced ... gears do not have a life (not in the automotive sense, they last forever)

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

Not with me they dont

pslewis

Hmmmmm, may I recommend driving lessons rather than a gearbox??

APIDavid

iTrader: (4)

The box in question here has almost certainly broken all the teeth off 2nd or 3rd gear [ the usual culprits ]. A rebuilt replacement is one answer.

One of our most fast selling products is our rebuilt gearbox with a 6 month guarantee that we offer. 2007 price is £700 + VAT for supply and £900 + VAT fitted.

We don't claim that we have replaced all life expired parts. But, we do comprehensively rebuild them and I do not know of single buyer from here that will claim ever having a problem with one. Cookstar's one, that he bought in May or June has just broken a set of teeth but it has had a hard competition life since it was built and now he is upgrading to a PPG, there will not be another worry about the box.

We lost another one to a second gear failure at Santa Pod about a year ago but once we explained that synchro and bearing failure are covered by guarantee, but not tooth failure under competition circumstances, the buyer understood and paid up [ without a smile but hey! that's life and we parted friends ]

Call me, Mr Terminator, if we can help you.

David APi

cookstar

iTrader: (6)

sorry yes i was quoting 2006 prices there

And i did rag the hell out of that box

The Terminator wrx

I am i bit gutted the car has only done 65k miles
But i got a warrenty transfared over when i bought it so i sholud be ok

pslewis

No worries .... chuck in straight into your friendly Subaru Main Dealer

jasonius

iTrader: (1)

Hi David,

Are you aware of the latest WRX boxes being any stronger..? I've heard that some improvements were made and given the extra torque of the UK 2.5 PPP this would seem to make sense..

pslewis

I'm sure you don't actually mean how that came out, do you?

If a part is expired I would expect it to be replaced, yes?

What you are maybe saying is that parts are selectively replaced? To my mind, a rebuilt gearbox would have all the parts that wear out replaced (gears don't generally wear out in the fifetime of the car so could reasonably be left).

Therefore every re-built gearbox would have the same parts replaced for new parts ... every gearbox would be treated the same regardless. This is my idea of a re-built gearbox.

Anything else is just a 'Repaired Gearbox' .... it may be absolutely fine, of course.

Or maybe I am expecting something that doesnt happen anywhere?

The Terminator wrx

Cant m8 i am in Liverpool and no dealer near me

pslewis

Are these the nearest?

Christopher Neil
Sales, Service & Parts

Manchester Road
Northwich
Cheshire
CW9 7NA
Phone: 01606 41481
Fax: 01606 41642
Email: Sales.Christopher.Neil@imgroup.co.uk
Aftersales.Christopher.Neil@imgroup.co.uk

But, if you have a Warranty ... the rescue package will get the car there?

APIDavid

iTrader: (4)

The 'latest ' 5 speed WRX boxes appear only to be different in the area of the front drive shafts and oil seals. They have gone over to he one piece type drive shaft that 2005 onwards STi 6 speeders have. Ratios are the same otherwise. We have 2 low mileage jobbies in stock, but have no need to take them to bits as they are extremely low mileage. I cannot think that they will have re-engineered much inside, maybe just a different type of bearing here and there.

If you go back to the earlier type drive shaft oil seal, they fit straight into anything 5 speed Uk-type from 1999 on.

David APi

PSL you are correct, poor choice of words in my earlier post, but I am sure that you all know what I am trying to say..........

The Terminator wrx

Car is off to API wednesday
Thanks David.

APIDavid

iTrader: (4)

No worries mate - thanks for the vote of confidence and the order . We'll look after you.

Regards David APi
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