Thanks Dennis and Stephen. Ya, figured folks likely thought of trying this. Given the recent post on a lower mileage '87 tranny, figured it could be a case of "if it ain't broke" so was curious. Neil. On 8/1/17, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > The hub is well sandwiched between the Syncros and gears. For the so called > updated part the man difference is the key cut outs are radius cut out > instead of square notches and some real late ones are better material or > heat treat. They still break! I have also seen the 4th gear drive ring shear > right off. I am also not convinced that the oil splash plates are a real fix > either. > > Dennis
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