Gearbox Problems

[Tony Nash]

Hi,

I have a 2005 1.6TDCI Focus Estate manual with 114K on the clock.

Yesterday evening I was moving the cars around so the Focus was ready for me to leave for work in the morning and I have had a problem with the gearbox. As I drove the car around the close it poped out of gear and I couldn't get the gears to re-engage, when I put my foot on the clutch and selected first it felt like the gear had engaged but all I heard was a grinding noise as if the gears hadn't meshed correctly and got no drive. I turned the engine off and with some help got it pushed back into a parking space.

Anyone any idea what could be wrong?

I have good pressure on the clutch pedal so I'm assuming the hydraulics are good, the gear stick felt like it was selecting gears so the gear linkages feel ok.

Could it be the clutch has given up the ghost?

Could the dual mass flywheel have come apart?

Is the synchromesh on the garbox knackered?

When we (read I) was pushing it back into the parking space my missus who was steering said it sounded like something was dragging on the floor - could this be the gears not being engaged properly i.e meeting teeth to teeth?

I haven't had any problems with gear selection previously so am a bit stumped as to why it would suddenly go like this.

Any help would me most appreciated.

Thanks

Tony

[fernsie]

Driveshaft popped out the gearbox?

Have you recently had any word done on the car at all, not nessesarily gearbox related, but just anything in the front of the car?

[Tony Nash]

Work done recently:

DPF replaced approx 1 month ago

Front passenger side wheel bearing replaced 3 months ago

Cambelt, water pump and fluid change 3 months ago.

It needs a rear wheel bearing doing (passenger's side - noisey as pointed out at MOT) and hand brake cable looking a bit worn (again pointed out at MOT in October)

Just spoke to the local garage I use and he suggested a driveshaft problem and is coming out to have a look.

[fernsie]

Work done recently:

DPF replaced approx 1 month ago

Front passenger side wheel bearing replaced 3 months ago

Cambelt, water pump and fluid change 3 months ago.

It needs a rear wheel bearing doing (passenger's side - noisey as pointed out at MOT) and hand brake cable looking a bit worn (again pointed out at MOT in October)

Just spoke to the local garage I use and he suggested a driveshaft problem and is coming out to have a look.

Wheel bearing could be the culprit if all the nuts and bolts weren't tightened correctly

I would ask the garage that done this work to collect the car and check it for you.

If I am correct, it's not a big job for them to stick it back together if all the bits are still there, which they likely are. Just make sure there are no metal bits on the ground surrounding the car.

[Tony Nash]

It's the same garage picking it up that did the wheel bearing so I'll ask them what the fault is and then if it is the drive shaft will broach the subjet of perhaps the nuts and bolts werent done up tight enough when they did the wheel bearing.

[fernsie]

It's the same garage picking it up that did the wheel bearing so I'll ask them what the fault is and then if it is the drive shaft will broach the subjet of perhaps the nuts and bolts werent done up tight enough when they did the wheel bearing.

They maybe were tight, but they should have used locite on them, which was perhaps missed

I could be wrong and there no doubt are other posabilities ... i'm only suggesting this as the same thing happened to me on my old Corrado ... I happened to be driving down a motorway when mine fell out though :o