Craigorypeck
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| posted on 3/3/13 at 01:10 PM |
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checking over a gearbox when going to buy
Going to collect a t5 this week... there are 2 boxes so just wondering as they are in unknown condition which one to buy? They dont have gear levers
either. Take off top cover and have a look? What am I looking for in terms of a box that been abused or been to the moon and back.. Any pics of
troublesome areas would be great as I'm not familiar with the internals of a gearbox. And anyone got a gear lever!!??
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rdodger
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| posted on 3/3/13 at 06:34 PM |
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Check the drain plug for filings. Check the teeth for damage.
Other than that I don't see you can check much else.
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novacaine
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| posted on 3/3/13 at 06:50 PM |
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i suppose you could do the following :
check seals around input/outputs
Check for any play in the input shaft (if there is any play you can detect by hand the box really is in a bad way)
(If you can) check the gear teeth are free from pitting on the contact face of the tooth and have no cracks in the root of the tooth (the valley at
the bottom)
Make sure there are no chips off the edges of the teeth
If you can either rig up a way of changing gears (either by manipulating the input or taking a gear lever with you) check for engagement of all
gears
Other than that it would just be general condition - what state is the input shaft in? is there any damage around the bellhousing bolts? any obvious
damage to the casing from bad handling of the gearbox?
i would also agree and check on the plug for filings
maybe check the oil level in the box too
These are just things i would personally look for - hope they might be of use to you
Matt
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but its sinking, Racing around to come up behind you again, the sun is the same in a relative way but
your older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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