Re: Gearbox, Clutch or Driveshaft problem - Advice PLz - Vauxhall Astra 1.6I 2000

dutchman wrote:
Where is the speedo connected at the gbox. The haynes manual is as
good as useless.

As if it was on the gbox drive shaft before the final diff, then the
problem must be with diff ?? Is the main diff drive pinon held onto
the gbox drive shaft with a pin (that has possibly sheared) ??

Do you know of anywhere on the net I can see a copy of an exploded
diagram of the gbox and diff. I've done a quick search and can find
nothing.


If neither's turning & the speedos reading above 0 then you've
stripped something inside the gearbox.

I had this on an old austin prncess, I replaced a driveshaft because of
noise with a secondhand one, gave it back after a brief drive, owner went
out in it and it stopped with a mild clunk, all gears worked, speedo showed
etc, just like yours. The drive shaft had popped out of the gearbox by
about a half inch, you could knock it back in and drive ok for a while and
out it would come. I subsequently established that although the shafts
looked identical right and left in actual fact one was a tiny bit shorter
than the other and I had fitted the wrong side one. So with yours have a
check that the drive shaft inner ends are actually right home in the
gearbox. if they both seem to be right in then probably the fault is that
the inner end spline of one has snapped off. removal of each shaft will
show the fault in all likelihood.


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