[Spits] Replacement transmissin synchro problems -

[Jim Holmgren]

I can second that.  My rebuilt OD transmission (rebuilt by a well-know shop)
has the 'new' synchros.  2nd to 3rd cannot be done quickly without some
major grindage.

When I rebuilt my old 4-speed about 3 years ago, we had a pile of both "new"
and NOS synchros on the bench and you could actually tell by manually
twisting them with the respective gear which ones were new and which were
NOS, even though they looked identical to the naked eye.  The NOS synchros
would grab very nicely, the new ones would slip.

Unfortunately I have not heard anything recently about the situation
improving.


Jim

On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Joe Curry <spitlist at cox.net> wrote:

> Barry,
> What I have heard (and can't say from personal experience) is that the new
> synchro rings you can buy these days are not even close to being as good as
> the original ones.  If that is indeed the case, I would be looking for some
> NOS ones.