The gear box in my Bagheera broke. I donīt know why and I hope someone can help me understand what happened.
When I put it in first gear there was a resistance, and when I tried again harder, there was a big bang and the clutch didnīt work. Under the car oil was running from the gear box.
I managed to start the car in second gear and could drive c a 1 kilometer home, leaving an oil trail.
When I inspected the damage I could see that the three topmost bolts holding the gearbox to the bellhousing was broken and the gear box case had cracked open.
When I removed the gear box I noticed that the input shaft was loose and had an axial movement of c a 5 millimeter. The two bearings were moving with the shaft.
I have three old gear boxes with the same case as the broken one. But they had different ratios. And as I donīt want to change the differential I have to take the output shaft from my old broken gearbox and put in a sound case.
So I have gutted the broken gear box, gutted another gear box with a sound case, I have cleaned all the parts, bought new bearings and seals.
Before the breakdown I had no problems with the syncromesh so I have not bought new sync components. Should I?
Before I put it all back together again, I would much appreciate any suggestions.
Lasse