Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: Hi
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got my car driving straight again by changing the lower ball joint, was a pain to do and took ages but none the less i could drive my car again. went to get petrol and did my tyre pressures tonight, go to pull out and clunk i come to a stop in the middle of a busy section of road luckily its quite cambered so i could roll back but theres just no drive at all 
at idle theres like a scraping noise then when u press the clutch it goes but if you try to put it in gear it just wont engage and pull off
clutch? gearbox?
its just like one step forward two back with my car at the minute
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Nic Barnes
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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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shaft popped out of box
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DaNnY_LaD
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Registered: 30th Nov 05
Location: Walkden,Manchester
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quote:
Originally posted by muppetsport
shaft popped out of box
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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oh yeah forgot to mention at idle the speedo is reading 10mph...
driveshaft was my first guess as my brother pulled it out when we were fixing my car on monday, but he pushed it back in :S
looked under first and i couldnt see anything though, need to tow it home from the garage in a min
[Edited on 28-08-2007 by Kurt]
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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well just got my brother to tow it home, its not selecting any gears at all even with the clutch out, drive shaft is in, i think the gearbox has completly gone, may be xe time
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Rob E
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Registered: 1st Jan 06
Location: Madeley, Stafford....I want to live back in Wales!
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get under the car mate, big screwdriver or chisel and hammer, then tap the cv joints into the box, this happened to me too
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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ive banged and banged and banged and it just wont go in 
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Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
Location: Rainham, Essex Drives: A3 2.0TDi Sport
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Are you sure you put the lower ball joint in correctly with the screw? as this has happened to someone i know where it came off the joint and then drieshaft came out etc etc
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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positive its on right, exactly how the old one came off, if you look at the boot though you can see its sort of flaccid where the section that goes into the box is pushed out
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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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Heres why my driveshaft snapped :
In your gearbox you have a driveshaft seal. If it isnt right in properly , then the driveshaft will not go in properly ! When the driveshaft was pulled out it might have pulled the seal too.
Make sure this is in properly as that cost me a driveshaft as it snapped 
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