Clutch Kit/ Flywheel Replacement Time

[tamworthleon]

After the issues i've had on the way home i was on the M42 doing 60, put my foot down to get around a truck and the dreaded slip happened, returned to after without me taking my foot off the gas. So with the rattle and wobble still there after a replacement shaft and now this slipping at speed its time to have the gearbox out. I know Daddyfix does not like solid flywheels and the lack of good secondhand duel mass ones on ebay i think its going to have to be a solid flywheel kit. After buying the car and spending money on getting it back on the road £200 is all i've got to sling at it. Anyone else on here done a solid conversion?

[Clint]

I've read on many a site that the solid flywheel creates lots of vibration which causes gearbox wear as well as suspension. The dual mass flywheel has a counterbalance in to stop vibration. As for your vibration currently, from my experience the gearbox wants only VW genuine fluid. I had wobbles from pull away in all gears, grating and notchines.After the change it was like new, the aftermarket stuff was to blame. J&R a company in Birmingham sell on ebay the complete drives shafts for £37 each and full intermidiate shaft for £27. I've had mine in for 20,000 miles and still in good condition including the Boots.

[BrianH]

I found those same driveshafts gave me issues with wobbling under acceleration personally. I got so annoyed with it I replaced them after around 10K and problem gone.

[chromedome]

I agree with everyone else. Avoid the solid flywheel conversion unless you want to spend more money replacing your transmission.

 

Also agree with BrianH about the J&R drive shafts.

[tamworthleon]

It had J&R shafts on it. What a pile of Cr@p. Replacements on tomorrow.i've got a spare 6 speed box and a solid flywheel kit. I understand what people are saying but i read elsewhere alot have swarn by them. So as a bit of a tester im going to fit it tomorrow and see how it goes. Will let you guys know as time goes by.

[BrianH]

What i noticed is compared to the original the castings on the J&R ones didn't have the same shape - Bear in mind if Ford/VW have made it a particular shape there will be a reason for it, The J&R ones were just circular outside. I also found when we did remove them there was already a noticable amount of play in the joints so don't think they would have lasted particually long. That was on a mondeo though which isn't as heavy as the Galaxy either.

 

I took them back to the parts store I usually use and they took them without a problem to refund the surcharge though, so wasn't all bad!

 

I don't have an opinion on the Dual mass flywheel point, but its one of the reasons I'd steer clear of a diesel now anyway.

[tamworthleon]

Well its stripped down and half back together. Yeah flywheel is well knackard as i thought. Hopefully up and running tomorrow

[tamworthleon]

Its offical. Single mass flywheel kit from Nationwide Clutchs are no good! The rattle i've got from my gearbox now is unreal. After getting things sorted i took it out and its like driving a bag od spanners. Gearbox back out job now lol.

[BrianH]

You were warned! They may be cheaper than the dual mass kits but the dual mass is on there for a reason. You'd probably get away with it on a smaller car, but the Galaxy is much heavier than most.

[tamworthleon]

Alot say they use single mass on a Galaxy and swear by them. Its no biggie i'll just return it and get refunded. Sling sone bearings in this box and off we go again. Thought about buying another box as the spare i thought i had and some how gone missing :/ Im not going to pay £300 quid for a secondhand gearbox off ebay so will rebuild this one of buy another car with a good box if i can grab something cheap enough i can make my money back with breaking it.

[BrianH]

At least the labour isn't costing you a fortune! good luck with it.

[tamworthleon]

Cheers mate. Got to sort the gearbox before i do anything else. Still im lucky enough to have a few Galaxys to fall back on. Back to the mk2 2.3 and LPG lol

[shavedchimp]

Hi all - newbie here - thought I'd get involved with this thread as I have possibly a dual mass flywheel problem (so my mechanic says). Need a second opinion (as scared of spending £800 or whatever that would cost) - could you help me diagnose this please?

 

When driving along, above perhaps 25mph, there is a subtle beating/thudding sound. This happens when in gear, in neutral, and with the engine off coasting along. However, when just sitting idle, the engine sounds absolutely fine, no knocking sounds, or any variance of sound when the clutch pedal is down. All the youtube videos I've looked at about dmf problems feature engines that don't sound right when idling.

 

Could this be something else than dmf? Perhaps wheel bearings (though sound doesn't change when I turn corners), drive shaft, cv joint, etc.??

 

Any thoughts please?

 

Peter

[bigdave982]

Worth checking drop links

[BrianH]

Cheers mate. Got to sort the gearbox before i do anything else. Still im lucky enough to have a few Galaxys to fall back on. Back to the mk2 2.3 and LPG lol

No DMF on that to give you grief!

[tamworthleon]

All good lol.

[chrispb123456]

Hi all - newbie here - thought I'd get involved with this thread as I have possibly a dual mass flywheel problem (so my mechanic says). Need a second opinion (as scared of spending £800 or whatever that would cost) - could you help me diagnose this please?

 

When driving along, above perhaps 25mph, there is a subtle beating/thudding sound. This happens when in gear, in neutral, and with the engine off coasting along. However, when just sitting idle, the engine sounds absolutely fine, no knocking sounds, or any variance of sound when the clutch pedal is down. All the youtube videos I've looked at about dmf problems feature engines that don't sound right when idling.

 

Could this be something else than dmf? Perhaps wheel bearings (though sound doesn't change when I turn corners), drive shaft, cv joint, etc.??

 

Any thoughts please?

 

Peter

Check for bulges/damage on all tyres this can give a thudding noise that increases with speed, wheel bearings can also give whining/droning sound 

[xavier]

Would second Chris' comment, I had a similar noise in one of my other cars and it turned out to be one of those nail in plastic feet that are sometimes fitted to cheap cabinets, had got embedded in the wheel and was making the noise.