Ax Gearbox Query Can Anyone Help?

[Clyde]

Hi, don't know if anyone is using this forum. A friend of mine has a 1992 AX 950cc. We have a clunk cluck noise coming from somewhere most noticeable when bearing to the left at speed, or slowing down. Have checked the brakes in case it was a warped disk, also wheel bearings are fine. Fitted new driveshafts thinking it was a dodgy CV joint, no change still makes the noise. Thinking on it I suspect a faulty differential since the noise is almost absent when driving in a straight line or turning right.

Now looking around for a cheap gearbox, I spotted some on Ebay, but not Citroen ones. People say the Ax is almost identical to the Peugeot 106, there's a few of them gearboxes available. Does anyone know if a Pug 106 box would fit the Citroen AX? Or where would be a good place to get hold of a cheap one.....trying to keep the cost down as the driveshafts were fairly pricey without improving the problem. Also the car runs well but has 160K on the clock.

Any help would be appreciated.

[truemouse]

Crazy notion here . . . when was the last time your buddy checked his shocks? You can get general wear and tear on the wheel assemblies themselves, especially if he's in the habit of thrashing the car around.

Spent a year in Germany with my British Built AX Dimension, all that autobahn driving with no speed limits and bizzare tight off/on-ramps really beat the crap outta the shocks, springs and the top of the assembly tower. Ended up taking it to a specialist in Metz - France to get performance setup and brace.

(It's illegal to modify the engine and or gearbox in Germany or France, but suspension and the rest of the running gear is fair game. Even so, Germans don't really touch the car at all, and with the exception of body-kits and alloys, ou won't find many Germans that'll alter anything on their autos.)