Saratoga
Adventurer
Sooo
The thrust bearing on the clutch is noisy first thing in the morning, or when I start driving after it's been sat a while. I try and minimise where it would be an issue, but it's still quite noisy and is getting more and more frequent. Noisy when the clutch is pressed in and holding the clutch plates off as it's going into gear or waiting to move off.
In the last few months it has been getting more difficult to change gear when the engine/gearbox is cold, it eases up a bit later on but there are times where I have to double-de-clutch to change gear. Which, you know, is always fun as I rarely would otherwise need to do it
Even driving around town when I've been mobile for a while it feels difficult to get it into gear. With the clutch all the way down, it can feel like i'm pushing against something solid and it won't go in, then have to clutch out in neutral and clutch in again and try that way.
There is also a bit of a soft crunch when it's going into gear, with the pedal all the way down. This is with going up or down the gears.
I think it's time to have the thrust bearing fixed (along with a fresh clutch/DMF (if required) and also a reconditioned gearbox. That is the cheaper method of getting the gear issues sorted.
Do you agree? Or does it sound like it's just a clutch issue?
Vehicle is a Discovery 2 TD5 Manual 2002 In case you didn't know already
The thrust bearing on the clutch is noisy first thing in the morning, or when I start driving after it's been sat a while. I try and minimise where it would be an issue, but it's still quite noisy and is getting more and more frequent. Noisy when the clutch is pressed in and holding the clutch plates off as it's going into gear or waiting to move off.
In the last few months it has been getting more difficult to change gear when the engine/gearbox is cold, it eases up a bit later on but there are times where I have to double-de-clutch to change gear. Which, you know, is always fun as I rarely would otherwise need to do it
Even driving around town when I've been mobile for a while it feels difficult to get it into gear. With the clutch all the way down, it can feel like i'm pushing against something solid and it won't go in, then have to clutch out in neutral and clutch in again and try that way.
There is also a bit of a soft crunch when it's going into gear, with the pedal all the way down. This is with going up or down the gears.
I think it's time to have the thrust bearing fixed (along with a fresh clutch/DMF (if required) and also a reconditioned gearbox. That is the cheaper method of getting the gear issues sorted.
Do you agree? Or does it sound like it's just a clutch issue?
Vehicle is a Discovery 2 TD5 Manual 2002 In case you didn't know already