kaptainballistik
Well-known member
Well, Im at the end of ideas....
My VR-4 has a w33 series "Forest" ratio Group N box.
I was getting severe crunching in 5th and reverse would crunch badly and pop out under load unless I held it in gear..And sometimes that didnt work.
After the last Rally reverse refused to engage so I replaced 5th gear with a EVO3 unit as well as the Brakecluch and the dropgear. I also used a later "Aussie" 33 series shift fork as I didnt want to pull the box out of the car and fit the EVO 3 shiftrod.
All fitted and would "Benchshift" with no problems ( The side plate was off!) The gear lock nuts were tight when removed. And I tourqed those suckkers up. There was no apparent shaft slop either.
The car now doesnt crunch in 5th but reverse pops out. If you load up the trans it doesnt pop out. Try to move.... Grindage. And you cant just hold it in ( Sometimes). If you slip the cluch you can use reverse...barely.
I was thinking the shifter didnt have the correct ammount of movement range, I removed the Shift cable off the horisontal change lever when it was in reverse and I had extra travel..... So its not a shifter travel issue.
Before I rip this gearbox out...has anyone got another possibility?
My VR-4 has a w33 series "Forest" ratio Group N box.
I was getting severe crunching in 5th and reverse would crunch badly and pop out under load unless I held it in gear..And sometimes that didnt work.
After the last Rally reverse refused to engage so I replaced 5th gear with a EVO3 unit as well as the Brakecluch and the dropgear. I also used a later "Aussie" 33 series shift fork as I didnt want to pull the box out of the car and fit the EVO 3 shiftrod.
All fitted and would "Benchshift" with no problems ( The side plate was off!) The gear lock nuts were tight when removed. And I tourqed those suckkers up. There was no apparent shaft slop either.
The car now doesnt crunch in 5th but reverse pops out. If you load up the trans it doesnt pop out. Try to move.... Grindage. And you cant just hold it in ( Sometimes). If you slip the cluch you can use reverse...barely.
I was thinking the shifter didnt have the correct ammount of movement range, I removed the Shift cable off the horisontal change lever when it was in reverse and I had extra travel..... So its not a shifter travel issue.
Before I rip this gearbox out...has anyone got another possibility?