[urq] Tranny question

[Tony Hoffman]

And, they will seemlingly last forever if taken care of. I had one with 340k
with no issues, and the current one with 230k has none as well.

Tony

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 8:29 AM, <laraa at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Dennis,
>
> A bad synchro will not do its job of slowing the upcoming gear, hence the
> "crunching" noise on fast upshifts. Also, on the opposite, a sticky synchro
> would not let a gear go and then keep the tranny in a fixed gear for a
> while
> (similar to a bad clutch that won't disengage fully : the lever would not
> move from its position).
>
> So, I my experience, you either have a bad engine mount that let the
> drivetrain move too much on decel, or the little "ball and spring" assembly
> that should lock the gear ration in place is weak. Second gear is often, if
> not always, the first one to go.
>
> Louis-Alain
>