Stiff rear

bengie · 10-12-2004, 21:11

sorry about the name, couldn't resist.

after having the new gearbox in the car reverse is sometimes very stiff to engage, even taking 3 or 4 attempts at times. is this normal for a new box or is something set up wrong?

dsemuk · 10-12-2004, 21:22

A few people have said the box in the Octy vrs can be a bit tight until approx. 5k miles have been covered.

bengie · 11-12-2004, 13:59

all the other gears are fine though, admitidly 1st is sometimes a bit stiff but normally fine. reverse is generally stiff though and some times so bad that my gf can't get it into gear at all without ramdomly selecting other gears first

***DGW*** · 11-12-2004, 17:49

I occasionally have to have a couple of goes at getting into reverse, and first can be a bit sticky too, but it is not serious enought to warrant being investigated. As you will know, the 4X4 has a different gearbox to the vRS.

MonkeyHanger · 11-12-2004, 17:51

Mine, although different (thankfully

) to the 4x4 has improved massively with miles.

***DGW*** · 11-12-2004, 18:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by MonkeyHanger

Mine, although different (thankfully

) to the 4x4 has improved massively with miles.

This thread is about the 4X4 gearbox. If the rot isn't stopped here and now we will have Furbie owners popping up too to tell us their gearboxes do this, that and the other.

bengie · 12-12-2004, 11:01

easy there fellah, touchy subject??

and the 4x4 gearbox isn't that different to the vrs one just a slightly different case to accomodate the transfer box and prop, or so i was told by mr gear box man. he said they all have the same internalls, O2J is it?

10-12-2004, 21:11	#1
bengie splash!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: planet earth Posts: 14,933 Thanks: 15 Thanked 126 Times in 110 Posts	Stiff rear sorry about the name, couldn't resist. after having the new gearbox in the car reverse is sometimes very stiff to engage, even taking 3 or 4 attempts at times. is this normal for a new box or is something set up wrong? __________________ owner of a skoda octavia 4xvrs3

11-12-2004, 13:59	#3
bengie splash!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: planet earth Posts: 14,933 Thanks: 15 Thanked 126 Times in 110 Posts	all the other gears are fine though, admitidly 1st is sometimes a bit stiff but normally fine. reverse is generally stiff though and some times so bad that my gf can't get it into gear at all without ramdomly selecting other gears first __________________ owner of a skoda octavia 4xvrs3

11-12-2004, 17:49	#4
*DGW* BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Cambridgeshire Posts: 17,119 Thanks: 48 Thanked 166 Times in 123 Posts	I occasionally have to have a couple of goes at getting into reverse, and first can be a bit sticky too, but it is not serious enought to warrant being investigated. As you will know, the 4X4 has a different gearbox to the vRS. __________________ Denis 2002 Octavia 1.8T 4X4 turbo Estate - rebreathed on by Jabba ... 31.93mpg 2007 Fabia vRS - CC, ESP and full leather trim by Seat Surgeons ...48.09 mpg...

12-12-2004, 11:01	#7
bengie splash!!!! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: planet earth Posts: 14,933 Thanks: 15 Thanked 126 Times in 110 Posts	easy there fellah, touchy subject?? and the 4x4 gearbox isn't that different to the vrs one just a slightly different case to accomodate the transfer box and prop, or so i was told by mr gear box man. he said they all have the same internalls, O2J is it? __________________ owner of a skoda octavia 4xvrs3

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10-12-2004, 21:22	#2
dsemuk Briskodian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 952 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	A few people have said the box in the Octy vrs can be a bit tight until approx. 5k miles have been covered.

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MonkeyHanger BANNED Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Anywhere but here Posts: 8,781 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mine, although different (thankfully ) to the 4x4 has improved massively with miles.