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It’s not often that I’m left speechless by what I find when I pull a Jc5 apart, but this one left me laughing in disbelief! I’ll let the pics do the rest of the talking.
Ok so brief background - stripped the teeth off 5th gear but still driving as a working box. That collar was holding the...
Well it all depends on how you drive it mate tbh. If you change gear slower going into 4th you’ll find it’ll last longer. But if you start Larry lead foot and rushing the synchro, it’ll reach a point that 4th is no longer useable.
If it’s crunching, then unfortunately it needs to come out for a rebuild mate. You could try refreshing the oil, but it will only help for a while as the damage has already been done.
They all end up doing the crunching eventually mate, and ultimately it’s a hot hatch so they’ve all seen a bit...
Did some solos last night and managed to get all the way to the penultimate circle without my loadout. Picked that up as the circle was going for the final circle and got shot by someone on the roof of stadium. Final score was a 3rd place. Again! That’s about as far as I seem to get in solos. 😂
She needs to come out for a rebuild mate. Caps fucked as that tube is the oil feed for 5th gear - as is the plastic piece.
That bearing is missing a roller!
Push it back down and hope the plunger in the box hasn’t dropped out. There’s a metal clip under that hub as well. You’ll have to spring the clip back inside the selector hub.
It’s in 5th gear in that picture, so that may be your issue. Pull the shaft out so the selector hub and centre slider are sitting flush.
DON’T pull the shaft out to far otherwise you’re into another world of pain.
If there’s no oil in the box, take the spring loaded plunger out (16mm socket/spanner flats) and see if that makes 5th feel any better. It’s right next to the selector on the box, so you can’t miss it.