Colum will remove gearbox these next few days and Geartech are going to collect and inspect for me, I am actually hoping they find something obvious, I have noticed that during normal driving now, second gear is a bit notchy which I don’t think should be the case based on all near OEM synchros.
To beef up the casing as this is what OS Giken claim is the problem (case flex) I’ve purchased a chunky gearbox brace/bottom case from Billet rotary is AUS, Geartech will fit following their inspection.
It certainly looks the part, big chunk of billet, nice and shiny and pretty girthy
I’m going to have the diff bushings swapped out too in order to help with any potential play. Pretty certain they will be stock diff bushes so likely seen better days.
I went with Super Pro, will do the whole car over winter months as have a full kit.
A few years ago I purchased a custom diff brace from Colum but never had it fitted so today it was finally installed. Looks good
The final part to the puzzle is an actual gearbox brace at the front of the car too so I’m hoping as a combination this will fix the jumping out of gear issue and in turn save me having to invest in a complete gearbox swap.
As a backup I did pick up a 8.8 rear diff and alloy prop if I do go down that route.
Will report back in a week or so hopefully with a working gearbox.
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