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Mboasty
03-07-08, 10:15 PM
anyone know where i can get a recon F20 gear box from?
price expect to pay etc?
or is it worth just taking a chance on a second hand one?

diff is fecked in mine
mowgli
03-07-08, 10:27 PM
are you sure its not the legendary wheel bearing noise that everyone thinks is the diff??
Mboasty
03-07-08, 10:37 PM
its had new wheel bearings
Will F
04-07-08, 09:13 AM
F20s are pretty bullet proof (on standard XE's) just get a second hand one and paint it!

Or change teh diff bearings - you can do it situ! EASY!
Mboasty
05-07-08, 12:26 PM
whatevers rattling around you can hear it when on tickover, although when clutch pedal pressed down noise stops, i thought initaly it was the thrust bearing but its not a wining noise. if you boot it then decelrate the noise becomes more apparent when decelrating, my mate thought it might be the spigot bearing? but when i took him out in it he said that he thinks its the diff
Will F
05-07-08, 03:45 PM
doubt its the diff tbh... it wouldnt make any difference if the clutch was pressed or not if it was the diff.

Take the inspection plate off and have a butchers
corsakid
05-07-08, 03:58 PM
sounds like release bearing
L14MNP
05-07-08, 04:14 PM
sounds like release bearing

Same, especially as it comes/goes with the clutch being engaged.
mowgli
05-07-08, 04:19 PM
the clutch bearings & the gearbox input shaft bearing need doing, its probably been running a bit low on oil. it is an easy repair, it is way easier than doing a head gasket job, don't be frightened of a gearbox.
Mboasty
06-07-08, 11:11 PM
the clutch bearings & the gearbox input shaft bearing need doing, its probably been running a bit low on oil. it is an easy repair, it is way easier than doing a head gasket job, don't be frightened of a gearbox.

easier with engine & box out of car?
Adam
06-07-08, 11:48 PM
Sounds like just the release bearing to me.
As soon as you put pressure on the clutch pedal it takes the play up in the fooked bearing and stops the noise....
Will F
07-07-08, 08:42 AM
easier with engine & box out of car?

Well yeah obviously, lol. But it will be much quicket to just slip the box off the enggine (wuith the engine secured with crane etc)
Mboasty
07-07-08, 10:55 PM
i think what i was trying to say was how does he normaly carry out this job.:)