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Is this a burnt out clutch or gearbox problem ?

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Old 11-02-2012, 08:00 AM
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Recently whilst driving my RX8 pretty hard i smelt that awful smell of burning clutch then the gears stopped working, (every gear is like been in neutral) it starts perfect, ticks over perfect but like I say when I put it into gear to drive the just no traction at all,

Is this a clutch issue or is my gearbox gone,

Thanks for any answers

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Old 11-02-2012, 12:48 PM
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Either pull the dust cover inspect clutch plate, or pull it to a hill, not running in low gear does it roll down the hill? With a good clutch, and in low gear or reverse, it should not move.
 
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Old 11-04-2012, 03:20 AM
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Probably burnt the clutch out. Either way the box will need to be pulled out.
 
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Old 11-05-2012, 08:24 AM
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Thumbs up thanks for the responses

Hey guys, thanks for the responses, really grateful, I hope it is the clutch and nothing more serious, I am a technically minded person, but unfortunately I’m no mechanic I’m going to find a guide on how to remove my box & check my clutch, which I’ll be doing tonight,

I’ll search this forum and Google for a few guides and make what I can of it, if you know any links to a well written guide a share would be much appreciated, but I don’t expect you guys to spoon-feed me

Again, thanks

Keep it real !
 
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