lmbm wrote:
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If you havn`t done up the big pinion nut, then you havn`t clearanced the gears from the syncros properly
it`s probably jst grabbing -dragging syncros,,,typical when you havn`t pulled the mainshaft up to the pinion end,,,
tighten your big nuts & have another feel
when i built my first box it was feeling tight also.. and once all was torqued up then it went just fine.
One other thing to be aware, the inner part of the 1st/2nd synchro hub can be fitted wrong way
, the face with an edge/ring around the shaft bore needs to be fitted towards first gear.
Cheers
Luis
& Yeah & a similar thing needs to happen with 3rd/4th syncro hub, the inner hub needs to have the lip pointing towards 4th gear, but that goes with all mini boxes
the way i made it easy to remember when i was a kid was to join 2 important operations together in my head,,, one was that the box need to be in both 1st & 4th gears to lock it up for un-doing the big nuts,,, & 2ndly that those inner lips of both hubs need to be pointing towards 1st & 4th also... just made it simple for me to remember & made a "point" (sorry for the pun) of holding both hands out in front of me with both thumbs pointing in opposite directions. away from eachother
yeah i know it`s a strange way to remember things but it`s worked for over 40 years for me
