Hi Guys,

 

I've a 2010 Octavia, 1.9 BXE manual 5speed. 

 

Just have noticed that now when I put it into first gear (only happens in 1st) it seems to crunch into gear, all other gears are smooth,

When I put it into second and then first it goes smooth without any crunch. 

I've tried to reset the gearbox cables, greased the unit and even brought a new linkage (only one linkage as couldn't find the other one in the online shop, but it seems ok)

 

I've seen a post on this before on this forum but have looked for last few days and cant find it, 

 

Just wondering what am I looking at to repair

 

Many thanks in advance

1st gear synchromesh cones worn. Amazing given that 5th 4th and 3rd are the ones that get worn through downchanges and your gearbox will have twin synchro hubs per gear, wear is virtually unheard of.

 

I reckon your car had a clutch hydraulic failure (very common) and was driven without the clutch but the driver did not know to pull away in 1st gear by starting the engine and instead tried forcing it into gear. A shame as they are otherwise bullet proof .

Cheers mate, so mega job to fix, 

Why bother, cars never used to have synchro on first gear and reverse gear has been generally non synchro until recent years (the Ford MT75 gearbox was the first I experienced), you just need to adopt the practices of yesteryear - wait fo the input shaft to stop spinning before engaging first gear (you may already do this in reverse) or if in a hurry you have already found the work around which does exactly the same as the first gear synchro would do were it working.

Does it crunch into reverse at all?

 

Edited 29 January, 20251 yr by bigjohn

No doesn't crunch in reverse only 1st gear

Hard to say without knowing either the engine or the gearbox but it probably has synchromesh on reverse gear, the 6 speed boxes do although I dont know if its all 6 speed variants, I think the 5 speeds on my last 2 cars have had it also, in fact I don't think any car of mine since the late 80 Sierras with MT75 gearboxes has not had synchromesh on reverse gear.

 

The days of declutching and waiting before gingerly selecting reverse to avoid the crunching and gear tooth damage are long behind me but the driving reflex remains.

Cheers mate, ya I might just try resetting the cables again today, because just this morning when I selected the first gear the parking sensors beeped briefly so it may be just a small bit out of line,

 

This is a car my wife had for 3/4 years, we have it in mainland Europe multiple times and never missed a beat, but unfortunately with a growing family a 7 seater had to be got and so this baby must be sold, but as if it knew it was to be sold because it just started giving issues recently 🤣