hi all.
i have a renault un1 gearbox mated to a ford cosworth engine 2l turbo its mid mounted and gear changes via 2 cables.
the box is in the car and works fine,
it is easy to change gear slowly but when i try to do it quickly it never engages the gear properly resulting in grinding and staying in neutral.
i have the box apart at the mo and cant find anything wrong with it.
what i have noticed is its very hard to change gear easily or smoothly by hand.
i have found that the springs that push the metal ball bearings into the selector forks/rods, are very strong.
i thought that as this box was designed to have a metal rod connected directly to it then the strong springs would be fine, but as im using cables that are 8' long, and have a shorter throw, this could be causing me problems.
so im going to change the springs to ones that are the same length but softer, making it easier for the ball bearing to move out of its notches.
has any1 else done this?
or any 1 else had trouble changing gear quickly with a cable setup? how did you fix it??
thanks
stu
i have a renault un1 gearbox mated to a ford cosworth engine 2l turbo its mid mounted and gear changes via 2 cables.
the box is in the car and works fine,
it is easy to change gear slowly but when i try to do it quickly it never engages the gear properly resulting in grinding and staying in neutral.
i have the box apart at the mo and cant find anything wrong with it.
what i have noticed is its very hard to change gear easily or smoothly by hand.
i have found that the springs that push the metal ball bearings into the selector forks/rods, are very strong.
i thought that as this box was designed to have a metal rod connected directly to it then the strong springs would be fine, but as im using cables that are 8' long, and have a shorter throw, this could be causing me problems.
so im going to change the springs to ones that are the same length but softer, making it easier for the ball bearing to move out of its notches.
has any1 else done this?
or any 1 else had trouble changing gear quickly with a cable setup? how did you fix it??
thanks
stu