The bearings in my tintops gearbox are starting to whine a little bit (Ok, a lot)...

Would I be able to change the bearings at home, or is it likley to require a press and complicated pullers?

Obtain a workshop manual for the car and read up about it.

Unfortunately they made the car in such small numbers there isnt a specific manual for it....

Will have to have a trawl through and see if they put the box in anything else...

If you let us know the make/model someone might have a copy of the manufactures workshop manual?

Dan

Its a VW polo GTI 1.6 16V (AVY engine code) (2001)

If someone does have a manual for that box it would make my day!

Silly VW for putting such a weak gearbox on a tuned engine

TBH i wouldnt bother trying to do it yourself if your on your back on your drive.

I wouldnt imagine a polo would be the easiest to get a box out of. Is it diff bearings or shaft bearings?

Getting the box out is the easy part... Its got to come out for a new clutch anyway...


Im not sure which bearings are going...So might as well replace all of them whilst its appart...

at vw we used to replace the full box and not rebuild ,
manual will be hard to get genuine copy manual all on computer
unless some one can print it off for you

I suspected as much...

The VW dealership will fit a "new" box which is basically a recond unit...

Because this particular box is so delicate, I would rather rebuild the one I have so I know its history if that makes any sence...

Think il go and have a chat with a couple of gearbox people nearby and see what kinda prices they are quoting for a strip and build..

VW have been fitting chocolate gearboxes for years, nothing new there

Try going on clubgti.com and looking up the user 'Hotgolf'. If he's still around he's a demon with gearboxes

fwd boxes vary dramatically in ease of working on them.

Vauxhall are a doddle, small press and decent circlip pliers and they are really logical to take apart and re-assemble.

Ford and VW on the other hand................