Odd Gearbox Question

[u47sb2 27 2 Cars]

Have a 205 rally car: running near standard 1.6 engine with a BE1 box. It almost always used to crunch going into 2nd (up or down the gears) and had done for ages i.e a 45 mile gravel rally and a few hundred road miles inbetween. I changed the non-working speedo cable yesterday and since the replacement cable has been fitted it only very occasionally crunches. Could this just be coincidence?

 

Doesn't seem to make any sense to me!

 

Steven

[easypug 0]

I would say so. Worn sycnro's cause the crunch when changing gears. Make sure the oil level is correct and that the clutch is not draging.

[u47sb2 27 2 Cars]

I thought it was worn synchros, just seems bizarre that it stopped crunching when the cable was changed. When I got the car the gearbox was short of oil, not much more than a litre in it + plenty of metal! New oil to correct level put in about 400 miles ago.

[easypug 0]

It could be draging still which would justify the slight crunching when changing gear. Check and adjust the cable with the wheels in the air.