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Thursday, January 12, 2006

Broken Gearbox.... New 3rd gear and upgrade the clutch and Flywheel

STAGE 2 begins.... too bad it started with breaking my gearbox.... but its about time to upgrade my clutch and flywheel...

after the heathcote, i went to cruise with ozmazda club, then join the mx-6 cruise and then cruise with EXE.... after series of abuse in a row with no maintenance, i learned a very valuable lesson... Razz my gearbox start acting up.... and my car make lots and lots of weird noise... i also cannot stay on the 3rd gear for long... as soon as i put in third gear, it will either bounced back to neutral, or grinding with the 3rd gear... Sad

then i found out that i broke:
1. 3rd gear hub
2. 3rd gear sychro
3. some of the gears on the 3rd gear
4. drive shaft booth
5. drive shaft bearings
6. CV joint
7. center shaft bearing
8. top right engine mount

thats what i get from doing 10 runs in the row at heathcote Mad damn it.... oh well... its already happened... cant do much about it beside fixing it properly and try to drive smoothly Razz (i was thinking to push it off the cliff and claim total loss thru RACV huahauhuahauhauha jk jk)


so i fixed everything one at the time...
1. 3rd gear hub
2. 3rd gear sychro
3. some of the gears on the 3rd gear
------ number 1, 2, 3 was done by protek. costed me $985 just for parts plus $600 labour.... its an expensive lesson for me... Sad
4. drive shaft booth - covered by warranty
5. drive shaft bearings - covered by warranty
6. CV joint - covered by warranty
7. center shaft bearing - covered by warranty
8. top right engine mount - $270

then i also think, mind as well upgrade it. so i also did:
1. Heat Treatment (nitride) to all the gearbox parts - increase strength by 50%
2. Mazdaspeed HD Clutch
3. Exedy Flywheel 5kg
4. MT90 red line gearbox oil

here are the pics of the clutch and flywheel... Razz

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