Since we're back on the subject, a few weeks ago I spoke poorly of my Rimmer
Bros rebuilt tranny which failed prematurely. At the time, I didn't know for
sure what exactly went wrong. A couple of days ago, I pulled the cover to find
that the front gear on the laygear cluster had several teeth missing.
Otherwise, the box looked very good, everything seemed tight, syncros looked
good etc. I've purchased quite a bit of stuff from Rimmers and until this, had
good luck with everything else I've purchased from them.
This brings me to my next question: When rebuilding a gearbox, is it normal to
check the gears for cracks which could lead to such a failure? How long before
failure would such cracks start to be detectable? I had thought the mileage
was 4-5k last time I mentioned this. Turns out it was closer to 9500 miles,
but still too soon for it to fail.
Cecil
'65, '80 Spitfires
'62 Vitesse
Mike.Hopkins@mis.magna-europa.com wrote:
> Over and over on the Spitfire/triumphs list you hear of bad service from
> one motor factor or another both over here in the UK and across the pond in
> the US where obviously the majority of listers are situated (as shown on
> rogues gallery). The lists obviously covers a fair bit of buying power, I
> suggest going for a name and shame approach, if you have had bad service
> tell the world who they are be they GM, a triumph supplier or local paint
> shop, lets face it if they are giving rubbish service to you they are going
> to give it to others and over the years I have become sick and tired of the
> poor service offered.
>
> By the way the same goes for those offering good service (name and praise,
> by the way), tell the world I would rather use a work shop recommended by
> someone who uses the same likewise service than stick a pin in the yellow
> pages.
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