Gearbox Problem

[ditchy49]

Suzuki wagon r lost drive clutch seams fine

[TWR]

If it's on a cable, it may have snapped, Fluid loss, Air in the Clutch system.

[bhg481]

Surely all your suggestions would stop the clutch disengaging TWR. I cannot understand how ditchy thinks the clutch is OK if the engine runs and the car doesn't; the only way that could happen is if there were teeth missing on one of the gearbox cogs or the diff/driveshaft/CVJ was jiggered.

[TWR]

How do you know it's fine Ditch? is the motor 4x4? is it stuck between gears?

[bhg481]

Just to add, a broken tooth on a gearbox cog is unlikely to be the problem as they are usually cross-cut. The diff or CVJ would be more likely.

[TWR]

If it was the CV Bhj, he / she would have heard it clank,

[bhg481]

I've just remembered a problem I had many years ago with a Maxi. That suddenly lost drive; the reason was that a drive shaft had popped out of the gearbox/diff casing. If ditchy is lucky it could be as simple as that.

[TWR]

They were a car & a half the Maxi Bhj, out of a lot a few were ok.

[bhg481]

Mine was NOT one of the OK ones. At the time it was the newest, lowest mileage, most expensive car I'd owned and it was nothing but trouble. It still holds the record for the car I've owned for the shortest length of time.

[TWR]

Can't get much Info from Ditch other than what he / she has stated.

[Baldric]

Suzuki wagon r lost drive, clutch seems prime suspect imo.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

If the clutch is ok it may be the driveshaft splines stripped.

[Iggle Piggle]

Used to be able to tell if it was the driveshaft/ cv joint by revving the engine and watching the speedo!

[TWR]

What, with the wheels on the Ground!! how does that work?

[bhg481]

There's no drive, so the car isn't going anywhere. The speedo cable comes from the "back" of the gearbox so, if the lack of drive is due to the clutch the gearbox doesn't turn and the speedo reads zero. If the drive shaft has gone the gearbox turns, the speedo registers the speed but the driving wheels don't turn.

[Iggle Piggle]

Thanks BHG!