Toqcars Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 Quick update. Just did a first track day after the gearbox fluid change. Not even one occasion of crunching detected. I was also a bit more gentle when shifting from the 4th to the 5th. Being same "gentle" before the fluid change cause crunching. So it is a bit better for sure. Plan is to do trackday or two and change the fluid again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martrack Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 Good news 👍 Which fluid did you finally use ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold FFM Paul_D Posted April 21 Gold FFM Report Share Posted April 21 @Toqcars Did you change the fluid yourself, or get a somebody else to do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toqcars Posted April 21 Report Share Posted April 21 45 minutes ago, Martrack said: Which fluid did you finally use ? Motul Gear 300 LS 75W90 only, no additives. @Paul_D I was there just helping (i.e. watching 😂). Friend of mine is a certified race cars mechanic and has some professional tools to do it. He did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacks1071 Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 I think you'll find the plastic pads on the shift forks are buggered. I just had a 3rd & 4th issue on mine and that was the fault, SSC replaced the plastic with a brass pad and installed an LSD while the gearbox was open and its perfect now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troyboy Posted May 27 Report Share Posted May 27 Aren't these cars still under warranty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toqcars Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 On 27/05/2022 at 06:40, jacks1071 said: I think you'll find the plastic pads on the shift forks are buggered. I just had a 3rd & 4th issue on mine and that was the fault, SSC replaced the plastic with a brass pad and installed an LSD while the gearbox was open and its perfect now. Thx for the info. So it should be checked when integrating LSD On 27/05/2022 at 20:59, Troyboy said: Aren't these cars still under warranty? Yes, but I wouldn't put back plastic part. My thinking is if this was a problem on a new car (well, 1000-2000 miles), it will be repeated in 1000-2000 miles again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacks1071 Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 On 28/05/2022 at 04:59, Troyboy said: Aren't these cars still under warranty? You’d think so but they didn’t want to warranty and I didn’t want to fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacks1071 Posted June 16 Report Share Posted June 16 Just add I didn't want to put the plastic part back in either. Had I pushed for warranty I am sure they would have put it back to OEM spec and I would have been back there in another 4000kms. By changing the plastic parts for brass pads the problem is fixed permanently. I used the opportunity to install an LSD but I probably would not have bothered if the gearbox didn't need to be pulled to fix the shift fork pads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toqcars Posted June 19 Report Share Posted June 19 Have you examined synchros as well? No damege? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toqcars Posted June 21 Report Share Posted June 21 On 27/05/2022 at 06:40, jacks1071 said: I think you'll find the plastic pads on the shift forks are buggered. I just had a 3rd & 4th issue on mine and that was the fault, SSC replaced the plastic with a brass pad and installed an LSD while the gearbox was open and its perfect now. Are those brass pads some standard part others could order or is this a custom solution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacks1071 Posted Tuesday at 22:23 Report Share Posted Tuesday at 22:23 Definitely not standard, standard is plastic. If you're not in Australia you could send the shift forks to Simply Sports Cars in Sydney. They could possibly supply brand-new ones with the modification. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toqcars Posted Thursday at 20:16 Report Share Posted Thursday at 20:16 Thanks @jacks1071 for the info. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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