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Subject:man. trans. noise + cause
From:Pabst Michael
Date:Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:58:06 +0200

Mighty list,
eventually, I got the shafts out of my (86 Quantum) man. trans. Had a
'clac-a-dee-clac' in 2nd gear at half load (after 220kmi). Found most gears
having small dents on top of the teeth with 2nd looking worst. Now my
questions: Is this a typical high-mileage wear and does it explain the
clac-clac? The 2nd gear on the main shaft got less and smaller dents than
its counterpart on the pinion shaft so I'm thinking about just replacing the
p.shaft gear (50bucks) because a new m. shaft gear means getting a new
m.shaft (>200bucks). Would like to get another 30kmi or so with the sound of
silence...
Any response very welcome,
Mike, Germany
80 Westy
86 GL
86 Quantum (see above)
93 318t

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