[TR] (no subject)

[Cosmo Kramer]

Hi Aribert Neumann & list!
I would be VERY leery of purchasing the synchros
listed by TRF's  for TR4A & TR6's. The reason is that, it was posted many
years ago, on this list, that the TR4A & TR6 synchros where slightly
different. You may be lucky that these do work in your tranny, or not, but
that's a chance you'll have to take AFTER you try out the rebuilt TR6 tranny.
Now, if it works, GREAT! BUT!, If it doesn't, then you'll have to redo
everything with the right synchros. I'll check in my "Cosmo TR4/A E-mail
Repair manual" to see if it is there as a reference, or you can check yourself
if you go to:
http://tinyurl.com/6c647jh
 
It would most likely be under
Gearbox\Standard.

Now the TR4A synchros came out before the TR6's were even
made. The TR6 trannys are 'SO POST TO BE" the same trannys, but the TR6's did
make changes through the many years of production. '72 to '73 was the biggest
amounts of changes. So may be the synchros that are different for the TR6's
where never separated, or someone thought that because the TR4A & TR6 trannys
were the same, then so would be the Synchros?

But may be TRF made a
correction since then?
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Relating to :
Message: 8
Date: Sun, 5
Aug 2012 07:58:36 -0500
From: "Greg Lemon" <glemon at neb.rr.com>
To: "aribert
neumann" <aribertn at gmail.com>, <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR]
quality synchros currently available?

The Roadster Factory claims to check
theirs, and that they are higher 
quality, if you have a late GT6 they are
really cheap.

http://trf.zeni.net/allsummerb/16.php?s_wt=1366&s_ht=768

As an
aside when I rebuilt my tranny I used new synchro cups, I had trouble 
with
2nd gear, I ended up having a shop repair it, before I did that I took 
it
apart myself and had looked at the 2nd gear synchro with a former BL 
mechanic
and we agreed it was out of spec (after maybe 2500 miles). He 
suggested I use
the best of what came off before the rebuild, suggesting 
that 4th gear
synchros didn't see much wear.

Anyway, that is what I had the (local, non
specialist) tranny shop use in 
rebuilding the tranny, the guy thought I was
crazy using the old part, 
apparently was not familiar with the sometimes poor
quality of certain 
reproduction parts for old LBCs.

Greg Lemon
TR250
 
-Cosmo Kramer