Gear change
- Hedgie
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Probably in plain sight, I just must be blind.
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- Holmz
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Or how is it lacking?
I was not able to find synchros, but sometimes the fluids can help.
Or is it linkage you are trying to sort out?
Going into one of the gears... mine needs a flick towards the passenger seat at the last inch... and it made a nice difference.
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Hedgie wrote: Managed to find the info I was looking for confirmed with a call from Brett, Thanks.
Can you post that info?
My problem was going into 4th as well, so I should probably read it too.
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- mort
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So here is a list of things to look for.
The gear stick mechanism is dry and binding and/or the top plate is screwed down too tight resulting in hard gearstick movement.
The flexable joint at the end of the gear rod is seized resulting in hard gear change.
The arm from the gearbox which connects to the gear rod is set wrong resulting in gear stick too far forward or back and difficult to get 1 or more gears.
The rod or brace from bell to gear rod is ajusted wrongly resulting in hard to get some gears.
All are fixable on your own but better to have some one in cab moving gear stick so you can see from under what is happening and make ajustments.
But if it is in the gear box then could be wrong oil low oil or synchrows its hard to tell without a description of the problem.
Martyn
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- Peter_n_Margaret
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- Peter and Sandra OKA 374
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Putting a better quality/synthetic transmission oil might be a better solution.
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Peter and Sandra OKA 374 wrote: ...
Putting a better quality/synthetic transmission oil might be a better solution.
The Redline brand at least has specs on it... And as it has the highest shear strength, there is some evidence that it may be "better".
So a lower weight Redline may have as much shear strength as a different brand's higher weight.
Anyhow I use and their bearing lube, water wetter, and their engine oil.
I think it is the GL5 that went into the transmission, but I am not 100% sure.
(They were in Birba lakes for those in Perth, however I am not sure that they still operate out of there?)
I had a "notchy" transaxle in a small car, and used their "Shockproof light". It totally transformed that gear box.
They has a hapeavyweight version, but I have heard that it is hydroscopic (sucks up humidity out of the air).
Whether it would help a notchy OKA I am unsure, but it would likely be the "Shockproof Heavy weight" for a truck.
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I believe the reason for non modified was the gears are so finely spaced that a thicker oil was causing hard gear changes.
Martyn
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