90 Quattro gear box

[Tom Nas]

"Julian Stafford" <julian.stafford at virgin.net> wrote:

>Hi all, I just wondered if someone could confirm  or deny the existence of a
>synchromesh on reverse gear on a UK spec 1988 pre-cat 90 Quattro?
>
>AFAIK no quattro gearboxes of that era had  reverse gear synchro rings but I
>could be wrong.

I think they just used the same way to cut the reverse gear teeth as they
used for the forward gears, not the usual (and noisy) straight-cut teeth on
'lesser' cars. This makes reverse so quiet on our cars.

It is however possible to change from first to reverse without coming to a
full stop. Not recommended, but possible. The quattros seem to have more
trouble getting reverse gear than the FWDs, BTW.

Regards, Tom
88 90q
87 80
couple of 78s
Previously: '88 80, 87 90q