Help with Daewoo Lanos - 5th gear

no1beemerfan · 28-08-2009 11:22AM #1

Hi,

My sister's boyfriend's sister's Lanos has a problem with 5th gear.....

to quickly summarise....she bought the car new in '00, it now has 90,000 miles on it. I was servicing it for her last night and she asked me to check the gearbox.

What happens is that when you put it in 5th most of the time it comes back out as you leave your foot off the clutch.....and the clutch doesn't bite in any gear till I leave the pedal out 3 to 4 inches so I'm thinking the clutch is worn but its ok to get in all gears except 5th and you can see the gear stick come out of 5th as you realease the clutch pedal.

Am I right in saying worn clutch or could it be something else?

28-08-2009 11:24AM

Does the clutch slip when driving ? A high bite doesn't account for the car popping out of 5th.

no1beemerfan · 28-08-2009 11:35AM

No it doesn't slip. Drives perfect in all gears only you've to hold it in 5th!

Easy to get in all gears too....just the high biting point.

zuutroy · 28-08-2009 12:19PM

Sounds like the synchro is worn.

no1beemerfan · 28-08-2009 12:35PM

zuutroy wrote: »

Sounds like the synchro is worn.

Thanks for the reply.....would this be expensive ti fix if it is this?

The reason I ask is she is a single parent with two kids going back to school so budget is tight.

zuutroy · 28-08-2009 12:57PM

Yeah, it requires the gearbox to be stripped. In fact it would probably be cheaper to get a box from a scrap yard. Purely off the top of my head you might pick one up for 150 and its about a days work to swap them and fit the new clutch which will also be about 100 euro. So total I'd say you're looking at something like 4-500.

no1beemerfan · 28-08-2009 02:10PM

Cheers for that zuutroy!

Help with Daewoo Lanos - 5th gear

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