evening all

ok, for some time now my 2nd gear syncro has become weak so i have adapted my driving style for the change from 1st to 2nd.

since doing this it has been fine with the occasional small crunch when i have changed at too higher revs.

so yesterday me and a new aquired friend carried out a clutch change. f*ck me was the old clutch fudged!! which i believe to be the original one, anyway the clutch is in and WOW its so smooth

basically what i did i believe was slightly lazy and maybe stupid of me!! i drained the gear oil out and used it again once the new clutch was in and now the 2nd gear syncro seems a hundred times worse.

however i believe the reasoning behind the 2nd gear syncro now being worse is due to me using wynns gear treatment which basically thickens up the oil!

one tube treats 2 litres but i have put 2 tubes in! OOPS so would i be right in thinking that now the gear oil is much too thick thus for hindering the syncro further?

thanks in advance

Matt

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+1 standard 75w80 Peugeot gearbox oil is the only way to go...

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not for the BE and MA boxes, its the ML that used 75w90.

they specify, not recommend

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Bring on the Trumpets.

much difference then between 75/80 and 75/90?

due to what pug told me im currently using 75/90

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shit! thats no bloody good then!

although since being rid of that shite treatment the box is a million times better!!

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As said above at the beginning of this thread pure laziness mate.

The synchro was damaged before I used the treatment. and that was due to my gear selector popping off as I was going into 2nd gear and ever since then if you take it past 6 k and throw it into 2nd quickly you get a small crunch!

I have a quote to replace 1st and 2nd gear mesh which is £140 + vat I think that's a fair price??? Plus you get warranty with it. The reason fir 1st gear mesh being done aswell is due to 1st and 2nd sharing the same hub so best to replace both.

I use the word hub loosely as I can't quite remember how the refurb company explained to me

I could get a 2nd hand box but you never know what condition its in until it's been put in!

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Team Nile 6
Team: 40.2 MPG
5 x a 306 owner!
currently abusing type r's in a town near you ™
I truely live for the 306 ®
Build date: 29th October 1997 Wednesday's car
midweek madness

They are different problems though. The issue with third gear is the teeth on the gearset shearing.

The first to second crunch is a selection / synchroniser hub issue. It could be a worn hub but I'm sure Miles has said before that it's usually caused by a worn selector spring.

I'm unsure what the refurb place means when they talk about replacing the mesh though, as there aren't any meshes. Unless they mean the gearsets but there'd be no reason to replace those.

£140 + VAT sounds too cheap for replacing the hub too, unless it's a second hand hub, as it's ~£160 from Peugeot for the part.

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Rich

The hub does not contain 1&2 only the Synrco rings, the gears are seperate,
Normally as Rich has said a spring clip on the hub snaps, Handy like me if you have loads spare or it's a new hub. so the differance between 50p and 150 ish.

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where in the country do you abuse Tarmac? if you're in the south ish I'd see what Miles can do for you

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Bring on the Trumpets.

LOL, you don;t get out much, It's on the edge of the New Forest, about 20 mins from Southampton

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Bucks is only 5 mins up the road, I used to travel to East Anglia and back in a day when I was working for Anglian Water

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