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Well that’s an interesting noise! If it drives with no whines from the box, it can only be the clutch.
And why they didn’t look inside the bell housing through the clutch fork opening is bemusing. It’s literally just a case of disconnecting the cable, pop the rubber out and see what you can...
I’ve got a pair of synchros for the TL4 in stock. They were brass in the 197, then redesigned to be steel for the 200. Renault then realised that the steel ones were just as s**t, so went back to brass.
This is the reason why they’ve been fitted into a test gearbox mate. They will be inspected regularly so I can measure/monitor any wear going on.
If they don’t work, I’m personally not prepared to try and introduce bronze bushings into the design as it will only weaken the fork. Jc5 forks don’t...
It’s a strip down job to do the bushes and seal properly. End of. No other way.
The seal they’ve fitted needs to be all the way in the box as well. I’d imagine it’s standing proud and not letting the box select reverse. Reverse gear is selected by pushing the lever all the way into the box and...
Good question! The original forks for 1st/2nd and 3rd/4th are made from sintered bronze. The fork for 5th is made from cast aluminium and has nylon fingers on the end of where it sits in the selector hub - similar to the setup on the fork for 1st/2nd.
With it being the fork under the least...