Quite good reasoning about fixing it before it completely grenades. Guilty, guilty, guilty.... A few posts back and forth with Todd Hill and he assures me that to take it apart and re-do it, I should expect to start at $650.00 as a minimum. Sheepish answers to your questions: (1) In this case, I have been monitoring the oil regularly, and I believe it to just be bearing wear. Not too much on the magnet. I know that dosen't mean everything but at least it is not starting to frag. (2) I have two of these and I have to decide which one to do first. (3) I love to drive it so much and I can't bring myself to go back to my rabbit. (4) I rarely change just the bad bearing, If I'm in there, I'll do as complete a job as I am able. Thus, more $$. (5) I need to complete a few more pressing projects before I spread a Syncro tranny all over my garage. (6) Lazy??? , scared of missing correct pinion depth???, other assorted excuses...... Whining in Michigan Mark Rokus
Blue Eyes wrote: > Mark, > > Just curious. Since Syncro transmissions cost so much, how about pulling it > BEFORE is fails catastrophically and give it new bearings which shouldn't cost > you an arm and a leg. If you heard a rod knocking, you'd pull the pan and > change the bearing rather than waiting for it to break wouldn't you? Why > react to this warning sound differently? > John |
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