Henry Frye wrote:
> As I understand it, a while back Charles (TRF) had a run of syncros made up
> in Taiwan. I have one set of these in a box (works OK, not great, 5000
> miles) and one set on the shelf. The gearbox in my racecar was built with a
> rebuild kit from Rimmers in England. Very different syncros. Shifts like a
> dream. Thought that popping out of second was a problem until the fast guys
> pipe in that they hold their shifters in gear!
>
> I understand Moss sells the same ones that Rimmers has, never tried them.
>
> At 04:46 PM 4/2/2001 -0500, Coffey, Jack wrote:
> >Does anyone have 2 sets (or source for) NOS synchros for TR6 gearbox.
> >General consensus of FOT is that a problem I've had with newly rebuilt box
> >(won't down-shift into 2nd at all - even with double-clutch) is caused by
> >synchros not being up to Stanpart specs. I also have another box which
> >worked fine after original rebuild but began to grind after only 1000 miles
> >(this on both 2-3 upshift, 4-3 downshift - double-clutch works here
> >though!). I'd like to try rebuilding both with NOS rings - hopefully this
> >will do the trick.
> >
> >Thanks -
> >JACK COFFEY
> >
> >[demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which
> >had a name of Coffey, Jack.vcf]
The last set I bought from Moss were good ( six months ago). The last set I
bought from TRF were bad (two weeks ago)
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uncle jack and New Blue
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