the 1st gear is proving the hardest, whilst reverse makes crunching noise. please help, dont want any dodgey mechanic ripping me off? thank you!
2007-03-10 03:03:58 · 6 answers · asked by HELEN T 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If its crunching when you try first or reverse, it may not be the clutch.......Each gear or cog has a little fine ring of teeth to guide the other cog over it......Its call a syncro.....If you are a lazy driver and don't push the clutch pedal all the way down...It clips this guiding syncro ring and ruins it........Hence making it harder to engage the gear........On the other hand It could simply be the clutch......Go to a mechanic first and ask him if he can adjust the clutch for you.....If he cant...then he should be able to tell you exactly what it is.....Good Luck
2007-03-10 03:46:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you are not disengaging the clutch.
Have you got a clutch cable(when you press the pedal how is the lever in the transmission moved) there would then be an adjusting nut.
2007-03-10 03:28:36 · answer #2 · answered by ButwhatdoIno? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
start the vehicle in first gear with clutch depresed. does the vehicle move without engaging the clutch? with the handbrake off? if so it's either excess free play or clutch is u/s. it's not advisable to drive in this state as irrepairable damage will be caused to the g/box very quickly.
2007-03-10 17:15:41 · answer #3 · answered by Mick W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's the clutch, it's worn. best way to check it is to put it into 3rd or 4th gear and try to drive off. If the clutch slips, it's worn.
2007-03-10 03:09:20 · answer #4 · answered by susan h 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you placed the motor vehicle it kit till now commencing the engine then initiate engine (with foot on the snatch and making use of the foot brake)in case then you could pass off frequently and us the gears as regular on the pass it may be an illustration that the snatch plate is dragging, if the motor vehicle tries to pass forward as you initiate it this means the snatch isn't working surprising a linkage or hydraulic situation probable.
2016-11-23 19:11:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on the year of your car they were fitted with a hydraulic system, try pumping pedal to eliminate air in system
2007-03-10 09:07:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋