I think the driveshaft outputs on the transmission are iro £700 and the driveshafts are iro of £500 so £2k is about right. Personally I'd have the clutchpacks done if the box was open so expect it to be higher.

I have a DSG at 146k and live with the constant concern of an expensive rebuild but at the end of the day I prefer the drive experience over the manual and lets remember the manual box also has it's issue so go figure.

 

To my way of thinking, if packing it with grease is enough to quieten it, the wear can't be very bad!

If it were mine, I'd be inclined to just leave it alone and put up with a small amount of noise...

 

That was my thinking as well - but I am not sure if I will end up with more extreme damage to the engine rather than the gearbox if it fails.

 

So is this something we DSG people need to address ??.
Do we need to grease these splines ?

 

YES - I have no idea how to do it though, it have had no issues since I bought it and there is plastic protectors covering everything,

But just google VW T5 + Spline - by the sounds this is a known issue and has been around for some time.

There are quotes everywhere saying DSG is good ( and it is ) but expensive when it goes wrong ( and it is )


I think I am just going to ride it out and see what happens... will start putting money to one side though now just in case it does fail.

 

So what needs grease ,Drive shaft ends that go in to DQ500 dsg.
Easy job or hard ?? .

 

I thought the slight clunk in 1st or reverse was due to the driveshafts wearing? had this problem on mine, and replacing the driveshafts fixed it. never thought it would end up kiling the gearbox....

 

Thats what i thought to

 

For all things DSG speak to Milta in Bristol, formerly known as the Bristol Gearbox Centre. Highly regarded in the Audi TT world for DSG repairs, often giving simple and inexpensive results when the VAG dealers quote thousands.

 

(Ignore me...I think I mixed up final drive and transfer case....)