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Solving
crunching gears with an RV8 gearbox
A query posted on the V8BB touched
on a topic that will increasingly become an issue for RV8 owners as the mileage
builds up on their LT77S or R380 gearboxes. (Feb 12)
A
V8BB posting from Peter Varley said "my RV8 started crunching gears
when I changed gears, especially on the down shifts. The problem got gradually
worse over a couple of days. At first I thought that I had a damaged gearbox but
as the RV8 has now done only 30,000kms I thought that maybe I had lost oil from
a small leak over time. I drove the car to my local mechanic who said that he
would "evaluate the situation" and let me know the outcome. Well to
cut a long story short the problem was that the four rubber bushes that hold
the gear stick assembly to the side of the gearbox had perished thus putting
the shift gate out of alignment (crunching gears) and was also touching the prop
shaft. He machined up a new set out of neoprene suspension bushes and I was back
on the road the same day - now for a good night's sleep not having to worry about
removing and repairing the gearbox. Geoff
King responded saying "wear or disintegration of the remote gear change
to gearbox bushes is a | 
common problem. UKC854 is the bush that Peter Varley has had machined - possibly
cheaper than buying new
ones but at least replacement bushes (you
need 8 of them) are available from RimmerBros if our favourite parts suppliers
have no stock. Geoff says "I believe the remote gearchange arrangement for
both the LT77 and the R380 is the same and they use the same bushes."
UKC854
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£3.20 (each including VAT)
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