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Is this noise the driveshaft

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Eeyore:
Erm, good question. Generally it involves replacing the clutch, with is not the kindest of jobs (means taking the gearbox out).

It cost me about 300squid at a local independent (Andys Landy's, Coventry. Thats, Andys Landy's, Coventry). Not the cheapest job you can do, but the clutch isn't pin money. Having said that, it had covered 160k miles so it owed me nowt!

Wander it down to your man and see what he says. Just be sat down when he tells you..... :wink:

FWIW, if it had of been the UJ, a replacment costs a couple of quid and it takes about half an hour to replace - easy job too.

HTH
Eeyore

dawlishstone:
Forgot to ask if it is OK to carry on driving. Even though the noise is annoying I am getting a lot of looks. Will I do any further damage ?

Eeyore:
If it is the release bearings, all I did was finally weld the bearing into the clutch assy - wasn't a problem as the whole lot came out anyway, but could have damaged the input shaft (expensive gearbox rebuild required). I drove on mine for about a couple of hundred miles because I had to get home and then the garage couldn't fit it in for a week. It didn't seem to cause to much agro apart for the looks, like you said.

I was still glad I got it down as soon as I could. There's expensive bits down there!

Like I said earlier - see your repair man and confirm it is what we think it is and take it from there. But see him soon, just in case.

cheers
Eeyore

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