Hi everyone I have an almera 1.5 in with a very strange noise coming possibly from the gearbox. the car drives well and makes no noises as long as it moves but when it comes to stop a few seconds before it completely stops it starts to knock. it does this whether in gear or not and it's not brake related. so if I get it up to 10mph and take it out of gear and let it roll and allow it to stop on it's own just before it completely stops it starts to knock and I can feel the clonking on the gear lever. the gearbox was reconditioned a year ago but as I said it feel fine and makes no noises as long as it drives. the customer said it started after a pothole. I have checked the drive shafts and suspension and all looks good. any ideas?

Hi George,

>>>the gearbox was reconditioned a year ago<<<

IIRC, these had issues with the thrust washers on differential wearing, becoming loose & making contact as the diff rotated ???

Have you drained gearbox oil to check how shiny the oil is.

Tony

hi tony thanks for the comment and yes I have drained the oil and it looks clean. the thing is that it does't make any noises going straight or round the corners only just before it stops. I had a good look at it and found the rear mounting broken and sank a little. not ideal but how could that cause it to make this kind of noise?