Jim,
John at Quantum Mechanics rebuilt my trans and overdrive (twice) last year.
(Second time was at UPS's expense). He mentioned that he discards about 4
out of every 5 (or something like that) new syncros because they are too
thin. The "bad" parts are made in Taiwan and, I think, are carried by both
Moss and TRF.
Awhile back, Tim Holbrook mentioned that Racetorations in the UK had some
robust syncros for sale. If I were doing my trans again, I think I would
look into these parts.
Peter
'68 TR250
on 7/23/03 9:45 AM, Jim Hill at jrhill@chorus.net wrote:
> I appreciate the warning about the inferior synchros.
>
> It'd be even more valuable if we knew the seller of these parts so that
> others can avoid the problem.
>
> Jim Hill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Seaton" <rsh17@msn.com>
> To: "Web_disscusion List" <6pack@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 3:51 PM
> Subject: New thin syncros
>
>
>> 6-Packers
>> Just thought I would tell the list what happened to me when I bought
> some
>> syncros off of E-bay. I purchased a set with the buy it now option for
> $38.00,
>> which I thought wasn't to darn bad. Well now I'm having my tranny and OD
>> rebuilt by John at Quantumechanics and guess what....the ones I bought are
>> cheap thin new ones, which won't last very long. How long I don't know,
> but do
>> you really want to find something out like this in 10-20,000 miles?
>> I bought the syncros from a business which advertises and caters to the
>> LBC's. I can't say if they know the parts are garbage or not, but I have
> my
>> unfounded suspicions they do. Not sure if the big three sell the same
>> aftermarket parts or not, but they could very well.
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard Seaton
>> RSH17@msn.com
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