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Can a modern Saab gearbox seize?
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Re: Can a modern Saab gearbox seize? -
04-20-2005
, 04:08 AM
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yeah, I understand what you say ... but isn't it likely to be a bearing rather than gear whine? or is it possible for one of the gears to be deteriorating and causing the whine instead of the bearing? If it's a bearing instead of a gear failure, then if the bearing siezes or, more likely, disintegrates presumably there'd be a hell of a noise and at somepoint something would break catastrophically, or it'd seize???? Really, if I'm doing 80mph I'd like it to lose drive instead of freeze!!! Gary Ball or roller bearings do not seize solid, they break up and do damage and the oil seals will not cope with a shaft thrashing about. If you have |
car that cannot be driven but not, I believe, a car that has seized in its
tracks. It is usual to replace a noisey bearing before it breaks up to
prevent the damage it will eventually cause, if you are not concerned as
your gerabox is elderly then carry on. Good luck and enjoys your cars last
days!
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Hi So did your start off quiet and then gradually get worse to the point where you got the grinding noises? To be honest I'm reluctant to spend anything on it now ... it's done 210k and anything could go next! I'll run it until it stop basically... |
Unless the engine is noisy or the thing is rusting out I don't really
understand that mentality. 210K is just not astronomical by today's
standards, my car has 265K and is still going strong, wouldn't hesitate to
replace the gearbox in the unlikely event it was needed.
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"Gary Cook" <cook_gary (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1113984519.446768.302300 (AT) o13g2000cwo (DOT) googlegroups.com... Hi So did your start off quiet and then gradually get worse to the point where you got the grinding noises? To be honest I'm reluctant to spend anything on it now ... it's done 210k and anything could go next! I'll run it until it stop basically... Unless the engine is noisy or the thing is rusting out I don't really understand that mentality. 210K is just not astronomical by today's standards, my car has 265K and is still going strong, wouldn't hesitate to replace the gearbox in the unlikely event it was needed. |
it's on it's way out ... not sure I want to keep sinking money into it
.... especially as I've just changed jobs and have a 140 mile round
trip ... petrol being expensive (and likely to get worse) I could
really do with a car that does over 50mpg ...
Won't be half as much fun to drive though!!
Gary
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Hi No, no difference when clutch is depressed...it's purely speed dependant. |
it's a wheel bearing....worth a look I think especially after 210k!
Tim.
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"Gary Cook" <cook_gary (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1113983707.897303.124540 (AT) z14g2000cwz (DOT) googlegroups.com... Hi No, no difference when clutch is depressed...it's purely speed dependant. How do you know it's a gearbox problem? If it's speed dependent then maybe it's a wheel bearing....worth a look I think especially after 210k! |
from flooring it to coasting, both while in gear?
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