Grinding noise when going into gear

[pinball_wizard]

Hi guys. A nooob here.

Tonight I got in my car and drove it as normal. I got to a roundabout, dropped to 2nd then back to 3rd and when I lifted the clutch to put it into gear, i heard a very loud grinding.

I pulled over and knocked it into neutral. Without touching the accelerator pedal, I lifted the clutch in all gears and had the same grinding noise.

The tow truck guy said it could possibly be the driveshaft. I would normally ask my dad to help in these situations but he is sadly not around anymore, so I wondered if anyone here could give me some pointers as to what to look for.

I am fine at fixing cars myself, I'm just awful at troubleshooting the buggers.

Thanks for reading.

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2001 Clio Sport 172

 

[shakey_hand_man]

Your prob best asking on cliosport being a 172..

Sounds like a synchro type problem, but not sure exactly as this only affects one gear pair at a time.. unless its the synchro control bar, but tbh it sounds like gearbox change required..

-Andy