Clutch/Gearbox problems
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Clutch/Gearbox problems
Last week i replaced the clutch on my rs turbo engined xr2, turned out it was the wrong clutch and slipped like fook 
so bought another clutch and replaced it again, this time seemed ok.
anyway shortly after, i was in a service station, came out and noticed oil on the floor. drove it carefully home but the clutch slips like mad again. took the plate off the bottom of the engine tonight and the bottom of the box has loads of oil in it.
im pretty sure its gearbox oil (smells like it) and im pretty sure its not from the crank seal........so my question is will the oil most likely be coming from the input shaft ? if so is it diy fixable ? and also will i be able to save the friction plate ? (dont want to put it back together and find it slips again)
Cheers.
so bought another clutch and replaced it again, this time seemed ok.anyway shortly after, i was in a service station, came out and noticed oil on the floor. drove it carefully home but the clutch slips like mad again. took the plate off the bottom of the engine tonight and the bottom of the box has loads of oil in it.
im pretty sure its gearbox oil (smells like it) and im pretty sure its not from the crank seal........so my question is will the oil most likely be coming from the input shaft ? if so is it diy fixable ? and also will i be able to save the friction plate ? (dont want to put it back together and find it slips again)
Cheers.
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YEAHNTHERES A SEAL ON THERE MTE ADN THEY DO LEAK TOO
THE SEALS ON THE DRIVE SHAFT SECTION OF THE BOX ARE WORTH CHANGING TOO AS THEY LEAK A LITTLE THESE DAYS ASWELL
SHAME IM NOT IN THE OFFICE FOR A FEW WEEEKS AS I WOULD HAVE GOT YOU THE FINIS CODE FOR EM
THE SEALS ON THE DRIVE SHAFT SECTION OF THE BOX ARE WORTH CHANGING TOO AS THEY LEAK A LITTLE THESE DAYS ASWELL
SHAME IM NOT IN THE OFFICE FOR A FEW WEEEKS AS I WOULD HAVE GOT YOU THE FINIS CODE FOR EM
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cheers for the reply, the driveshaft ones did leak when i first built it and ive replaced them. the puddle of oil under the car was about the size of a saucer and i was only in there 2 minutes 
so it must be a big leak as the bottom of the box etc are all covered.
ive checked the engine oil and the level doesnt seem to have dropped on the dipstick
someone mentioned on the xr2 forum that the seal for the input shaft could be on the 'other' side of the box meaning the box has to come to bits to do it.
so it must be a big leak as the bottom of the box etc are all covered.ive checked the engine oil and the level doesnt seem to have dropped on the dipstick
someone mentioned on the xr2 forum that the seal for the input shaft could be on the 'other' side of the box meaning the box has to come to bits to do it.
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not sure if it does mate, but ive been reasured that the boxes aint that hard to take apart as a bloke at work done one for a bloke who had a xr3 and couldnt get a mk3 box so he swopped the casings over and he said its piss easy
but then i also toom 4 days to remove driveshafts the first time i done it
but then i also toom 4 days to remove driveshafts the first time i done it
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well ive got 3 spare xr2 gearboxes in a trailor out the back so i might pull one of them apart first if thats the case. if its too hard to put back together at least i can get rid of it easier, just lob one cog over the hedge at a time and sit in the garden listening the day the neighbour cuts his grass
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