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  • Originally posted by fuzion View Post
    Seb has kindly sourced me an lsd, so rebuild probably. will check in morning exactly.. sounds good when you put it in gear and let the clutch go lol..
    Bugger . . . So your car had a standard gearbox when it broke?
    79 MK1 GLD
    03 MK4 GTI
    94 993 Carrera

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    • Originally posted by YellowDieselGolf View Post
      Bugger . . . So your car had a standard gearbox when it broke?
      indeed it did
      What’s behind you doesn’t matter..

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      • Did the Dogbone mount and installed N75J valve.

        WOW what a difference that has made to the car, feels like a new car!
        There isn't much of a lag and the power come on way smother than before.

        If you guys haven't don this already its a must on the list.

        also i thought my clutch was on its wayout before the DB mount and now it grabs straight away so much easier than having to ease out the clutch...

        Thanks to Manaz & Blitzen
        Last edited by VDUB-BUD; 12-10-2009, 10:09 AM.

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        • Pierre, how'd you manage that?? Were you red-lining or dumping the clutch?

          Originally posted by Golf Loon View Post
          Ouch Pierre that looks like it hurt.
          I have several 20VT Gearboxes if you are in need.
          What's a gearbox worth? At the rate I smash through gears I'll need one soon enough!
          2000 Mk IV GTI

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          • they dont like a large amount of power going through them so ive been told.. and obviously not! was driving as i normally do, i give it stick of course but it happens!

            hopefully will be sorted in the next day or 2 thankfuly!
            What’s behind you doesn’t matter..

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            • Originally posted by fuzion View Post
              they dont like a large amount of power going through them so ive been told.. and obviously not! was driving as i normally do, i give it stick of course but it happens!

              hopefully will be sorted in the next day or 2 thankfuly!
              is this for all 1.8T gearbox's??

              mines got 200,000k's and a k04.. im gonna be scared to give it a hit

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              • Do we know which part of the 'box fails? If it's down to uprated torque going through it and it's bolts failing, like in the pic posted earlier, then this might be something all owners with uprated power and torque values could look at doing. It might be as simple as changing the grade of the bolts etc....

                Is it just the early MkIV's that used the rivets instead of bolts in the gearbox? I have read several posts about changing these over to bolts, is this a similar failure point in the GTi boxes, like yours fuzion, that have failed? Obviously they aren't rivets, but if it's as simple as uprated bolt values....eg 8.8 grade up to 10.9 or 12.9 etc.....
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                • Swapped over the old gear knob and boot for a brand spanking r32 set up.

                  The swap was a lot easier than I thought.





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                  • Originally posted by fuzion View Post
                    they dont like a large amount of power going through them so ive been told.. and obviously not! was driving as i normally do, i give it stick of course but it happens!

                    hopefully will be sorted in the next day or 2 thankfuly!
                    What year is your car? is it after or before 2002.5?

                    I'm keen to see whether you have the earlier or later style gear box (unless the linkages were the only difference anyways... ). I might think twice about the **** i give my car on the way to work...although i do try to keep it in moderation...
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                    • spanish inquisition here almost lol.

                      99/00 had the earlier linkages (like the vr6s), 01 onwards had the newer linkages
                      What’s behind you doesn’t matter..

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                      • Fuzion, I've got the standard 4th to 6th gears and input shaft from an O2M here. If you're interested in them or are puting in a 6 speed box let me know. We found it was around 1/4 of the price ordering everyting from TM Tuning when we dedided to go to shorter gears, though for the 1.8T it will be easy enough to find a box at the wreckers.

                        Cheers Al
                        My Garage

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                        • seb has already sorted me out as per usual! champion!

                          thanks for the offers however!
                          What’s behind you doesn’t matter..

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                          • Originally posted by fuzion View Post
                            seb has already sorted me out as per usual! champion!

                            thanks for the offers however!
                            How long till its back on the road?
                            Bora gone
                            Vento VR6
                            MKIV GSW TDI
                            7P Touareg TDI

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                            • my car would of been on the road yesterday..
                              howeeeeeeeeever, Tommy with his R32 came here and we put his BBS CH Wheels on. Unfortunately he had 15mm spacers on rear + extended lugs. His extended lugs weren't useful without the spacers and the bbs's on .. So i had to give him my lugs from my car so my car is still on the hoist lol.

                              Got spares at home, so brought them in today.

                              So thanks to Jade Auto tommy's r32 now looks like this...



                              (camera phone pic, sorry guys!)
                              What’s behind you doesn’t matter..

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                              • How nice of you!

                                What would happen if you didin't use the spacers?
                                Are the spacers only used to increase the offset?

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