Said the 5th gear when he killed it.Originally Posted by Benn
Said the 5th gear when he killed it.
Bet there was more screaming and pleading for more time...
HA
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It's pretty much all scrap. The only saving grace is it looks like the diff survived.
Stripdown
More bits have worked their way through
Straight cut 4.2 final drive dead
The good news is my ATB diff looks good, just need to clean it thoroughly to make sure there's no swarf in there.
When I removed the gearbox, the input shaft stayed in the clutch and was dragged out of the gearbox. This means it had wound itself out of the little bolt that holds it in position - maybe I didn't tighten it up as much as it needed, but I didn't think it needed to be mega tight as it had nowhere to go. I think this means the input shaft has moved further towards the engine, and a sharp gear change has put pressure on the shaft. This may have snapped the circlip below, which has got wedged in the fifth gear and munched it. Makes sense in my head but who knows.
See the missing bit of circlip here:
Ouch, I'm sure you'll have it back on the road/ track in no time and with an even better spec then before.
If you're gonna fuck it up you may as well do it right!
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Takes a big man to admit there could have been a fault on the build so fair play on that. January before last I mullered 3rd in my F16 with 4.18 FD (all o.e gears) just at part throttle 4.5K rpm.
If you are looking for gearbox parts I'll have a straight cut 4.85 crown wheel & pinion in a matter of a couple of weeks if you can hold out.
I think that'll be a little too short for me. Thanks though.
Funnily enough if it was that bolt on the input shaft that caused it - when building it back up I bolted the cover plate on, pondered removing it to check I'd tightened it up enough and thought 'hey where can it actually go or undo itself'. Epic fail.
Ahh that's devastating hopefully you sort everything out
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