- Thu Mar 06, 2014 8:15 pm
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Had a great day out on track at Oulton Park on 28th Feb:
Until 4th gear decided to shed all it's teeth:
This is what I found inside the gearbox:
So, after looking at the price of tougher helical gears, and the problems with a dog box in a road car, I decided to stick with a standard box. My 1st to 3rd gears have had a lot of abuse over the years so are probably not far from going the same way as 4th did, so I decided to buy a second hand box to replace it. I am getting Grinspeed to rebuild the new box with carbon lined synchros and a few other goodies so i hope it will last a few years.
Until 4th gear decided to shed all it's teeth:
This is what I found inside the gearbox:
So, after looking at the price of tougher helical gears, and the problems with a dog box in a road car, I decided to stick with a standard box. My 1st to 3rd gears have had a lot of abuse over the years so are probably not far from going the same way as 4th did, so I decided to buy a second hand box to replace it. I am getting Grinspeed to rebuild the new box with carbon lined synchros and a few other goodies so i hope it will last a few years.
Last edited by gobbledygook on Mon May 29, 2017 8:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.