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  • damn gearbox drone!!

    hey fellow audi nutters!!
    i have a 93 s2 aby engine model,my little pampered baby has just started a very slight drone in second through to sixth.she has been chipped,but thats about it really.my question i need to ask is,i love my car,and have never scrimped on any costs,but i'm thinking about having the gearbox off,sending it to be fully reconditioned,and when re-fitting,replace the clutch,although its not gone,and is very light peddled,might go in the near future,and i don't fancy taking the gearbox off again!!is this wise??i've never had the box off any car except a damn rover sterling,what sort of cost am i looking at,and where the heck would i go to get all this work done?or thinking about it,would an rs2 box fit??thanks chaps,lee.

  • #2
    Lee the early 5 speeders and lesser mortal such as myself have problems with the gearbox pinion bearings going. That drones like mad......

    It is totally speed related and tuns into a really annoying whine.

    Not mush help but maybe that is what it is.

    David

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    • #3
      Figure for up to 8 - 9 hours labour for the gearbox in and out. (That's what is cost me to have my clutch done last year on my ABY...)

      HTH

      Cheers,

      Steve.
      The Perfectionist
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      • #4
        my aby had exactly the same drone, started off quiet then after a week or 2 got really bad, it was the crown wheel & pinion that went. gearbox out, rebuilt, they put a new clutch in and put the gearbox back in. result=v.large bill. at least though i know tthe gearbox will be good for another 100K +.
        Tim

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