[TR] [Wedge] Re: Wedge 5 speed gearbox issues

[John Peacock]

Check the extension housing bushings.  They wear out quickly and cause all 
sorts of problems..


John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Dave1massey at cs.com>
To: <mark at bradakis.com>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Cc: <tr8 at mercury.lcs.mit.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 8:04 AM
Subject: [Wedge] Re: [TR] Wedge 5 speed gearbox issues


> In a message dated 7/30/2007 10:32:34 PM Central Daylight Time,
> mark at bradakis.com writes:
>> So this fellow brings a car into the shop, it has a Rover SD1
>> V8 mated to a TR8 5 speed gearbox.  The issue is that about
>> 3/4ths of the time the box shifts fine.  But a bit too frequently
>> it is really difficult to downshift from 3rd to 2nd, or to get it
>> into first and finding reverse can be a bit troublesome.  The
>> clutch system seems to be working just fine and is most
>> likely not part of the problem.
>>
> There was a similar complaint on the wedge list.  The problem seemed to 
> have
> resolved itself with no intervention from the owner but diagnoses ranged 
> from
> poor lubrication in the exposed shifter mechanism to a foreign object 
> caught
> in same.
>
> I forwarded the question to the wedge list for more input.
>
> Dave
>
> PS: My 5 speed has worked flawlessly over the last 7 years and 50, 000 
> miles.
> Hence I'm not much help here.
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