How to help your gearbox!!! Post 2003

ti

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Dec 3, 2012
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What did this resolve for you ?

Has anybody else performed this with any benefit?
 

Tigertim001

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Apr 29, 2010
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looks like i need to do this also. Anyone have the part numbers for the two parts or a link to where i can buy them from?
 

tully78

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Jan 8, 2014
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WHT-001-976 for the shim..
O2M-301-211-B for the black end cap.

That's everything u need.

The snap ring is a bit of a pain to remove.
 

dgjdrummer

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Nov 5, 2011
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Wrexham, N. Wales
Have just got this fitted, took about 30 mins out in the drizzle including jacking the car and taking the wheel off.

As I pulled the retaining clip off the whole shaft clearly moved a mm or 2 and once the shim was in there was no movement at all! The video on YouTube couldn't be any clearer, this really is worth doing as a fix or a prevention.

After a 10 minute test drive, gear changes feel more precise and there's no more droning in 5th gear when I lift off the accelerator! Thanks massively to Tully for the heads up :thumbup:
 

chrispcupre

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Jul 27, 2011
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leicestershire
Have just got this fitted, took about 30 mins out in the drizzle including jacking the car and taking the wheel off.

As I pulled the retaining clip off the whole shaft clearly moved a mm or 2 and once the shim was in there was no movement at all! The video on YouTube couldn't be any clearer, this really is worth doing as a fix or a prevention.

After a 10 minute test drive, gear changes feel more precise and there's no more droning in 5th gear when I lift off the accelerator! Thanks massively to Tully for the heads up :thumbup:


That's good news hopefully it will quiet down mine abit aswell


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tully78

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Jan 8, 2014
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It's a pleasure mate. Glad it worked for you.
Certainly made a difference mines been good as gold since.
Did u lose a bit of oil when removing black cap?
 

dgjdrummer

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Nov 5, 2011
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Wrexham, N. Wales
Yes mate, only about an egg cup worth though.

Chris - it will sort the noise out straight away, mines been quiet and have done another 20-odd miles since fitting it earlier.
 
Dec 5, 2012
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Harlow
just like to add I fitted the parts suggested by tully and its totally cured my whine/drone in 3rd. it started to sound soo bad but after fitting this its quiet like a new gearbox! and I agree with dgjdrummer the gearchanges feel more crisp.

massive thanks to tully as I was planning on sending the box off to be rebuilt and now I don't need to :)
 
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