wont go into gear

[bluemaumau]

ok, im just about to go help my mate remove his gbox.

the car is a gtti (cb80) turbo charade, 3 cyc 1 litre.

last nyt he tells me he hit limiter and now the 3 banger wont go into gear,

does anybody know why this could be????

cheers in advance

[sergei]

exploded clutch disc or broken shifting fork?

[bluemaumau]

he got a brand new brass button clutch about 2 and half months ago, but its been sweet, it dosnt go into gear when still.

[RS13]

I'd say clutch. Those cars have pretty tough gearboxes. So, you put your foot on the clutch, and it doesn't go into gear? Does it do the same with the car off? If you turn the car off, make sure you're on the road with nothing in front of you, put it in first, and try and start it. If it jumps forward, I'd say clutch line or clutch plate. If it doesn't go into gear with the car off, or goes into 1st but doesn't have drive, you've broken the gearbox or shift mechanism.

[FrEsH]

selector cables? will it go into no gears at all?

[THA SHZ]

synchros possibly ? can u give a little more information ?

[bluemaumau]

no more info. it dosent matter thon the clutch is still under warrenty, and we feel its the problem

[Jazza]

Sounds like the clutch... and why would you hit the limiter on a 1 litre 3 cyclinder? Lolz...

[bluemaumau]

jazza: becuz its a turbo charade... do you have any idea how insane these are?

they have steel cranks and forgies standard. ppl run 30+psi on them, my m8s only runnning 15psi cuz of boost cut, needs a aftermarket ecu, then the pounds will rise

[Jazza]

Ah, i dont know much about them. But i hate the look of them. Theres a green one around howick that sounds like shit... never seen another worth looking at other than that.

[ollieboy]

Yeah they are awesome cars man. They go real fast, also really fast into trees when your friends borrow it for the night.

[Loudtoy]

From memory i believe there was a rather rapid one in wellington quite a few years back owned by the man with an evo which goes by the name of docile, gave quite a few people in what they thought were quick cars a fairly big fright.
Nice sleeper if you can get your hands on a good one, oh and the not being able to select anything, if you can get gears with the car off, clutch and if not he's bent something in the selection mechanisim - also some details about if it stopped being able to go into gear while he was driving it or over night

[Ae92typeX]

Did you get it out and find out what it was?
Could even be a collapsed release bearing

[bluemaumau]

na its under warrenty so, hes gonna let some1 else do it. that was my felling - bearing