Originally Posted by
Kingscott
Hi all.
I've had a disaster in the renault...... I have a few ideas what's happened but I wanted to see if anyone had some other ideas or advice please.
Today at About 70 mph (ish) at chat, I was greeted by a huge sudden mechanical bang clanging noise, sounding like a bag of spanners and a dragging noise.
Instantly I dropped the clutch and came to a standstill with the engine still running, the noise continued and just comes from the depths of the bay.
On visual inspection noting looks wrong, I managed to crawl home about 1/4 mile at walking pace with the noise still clanging and banging. Nothing dragging on the floor.
On the driveway, I pushed the car in neutral no noise. Started the engine in neutral and revved up, no noise. Clutch feels good, gearbox feels good. I still have drive.
On moving the car I get a sudden resistance followed with a bang or clunk, sounds terrible and jolts the car.
I'm thinking driveshaft cv joint? Or clutch or gearbox.
Anyone any ideas or pointers, tests I can do before i start ripping her to bits......AGAIN!
Cheers all.
Adam