MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: r88jrd on March 10, 2014, 08:22:25 pm

Title: Hard to select 1st and sometimes hard to remove from 1st
Post by: r88jrd on March 10, 2014, 08:22:25 pm

I've got a golf mk5 Tdi 2.0l BKD 6speed

Ive been having some issues lately with selecting first gear and sometimes getting out of first gear in slow moving traffic

Best way to describe it is the gear stick just won't push into first (asif I'm not using the clutch) sometimes it won't even come out of first gear

I've also noticed it seems to do it when then I've been in the car a while and in slow moving traffic

Today It started doing it again I worked out if I put the car in 3rd pull out then put it in 1st it goes in gear every time :s

I've
Reset the gear links
New clutch
New flywheel
New concentric slave cylinder
New master cylinder behind the pedal
New fluid

I'm now beginning to guess this is a gearbox issue

Can anyone please shed some light on this

Many thanks
Jordan

Title: Re: Hard to select 1st and sometimes hard to remove from 1st
Post by: martin@gti.co.uk on March 16, 2014, 07:34:17 pm

By the sound of it ...it probably will be gearbox related, as you have done a lot already..try new gear oil for the gearbox. Probably sincro/ bearing wear. Cheapest opt is get 2nd hand one..

Title: Re: Hard to select 1st and sometimes hard to remove from 1st
Post by: doylebros on March 16, 2014, 07:39:21 pm

I wonder how many miles the vehicle has covered?

Title: Re: Hard to select 1st and sometimes hard to remove from 1st
Post by: Veee-dubber on March 16, 2014, 07:44:00 pm

Sounds like your in my boat pal, new gearbox needed  :sad1:

Title: Re: Hard to select 1st and sometimes hard to remove from 1st
Post by: doylebros on March 16, 2014, 07:45:31 pm

Quote from: Veee-dubber on March 16, 2014, 07:44:00 pm

Sounds like your in my boat pal, new gearbox needed  :sad1:

How many miles has your box covered and is it 6 speed?

Title: Re: Hard to select 1st and sometimes hard to remove from 1st
Post by: Veee-dubber on March 18, 2014, 09:56:00 am

Yea 6speed, 05, just touching 100k pal
Yours?

Title: Re: Hard to select 1st and sometimes hard to remove from 1st
Post by: Jayy26 on March 18, 2014, 05:09:39 pm

gearbox synchro??

Title: Re: Hard to select 1st and sometimes hard to remove from 1st
Post by: biffobear on March 18, 2014, 06:48:37 pm

Its not something stupid like the friction plate fitted the wrong way round

Title: Re: Hard to select 1st and sometimes hard to remove from 1st
Post by: Llew on March 21, 2014, 04:20:01 am

There's a place near heathrow that recons gearboxes if that's any good to you