andrewx19x Member 14 Member For: 16y 6m 9d Posted 30/12/10 12:36 PM Share Posted 30/12/10 12:36 PM Pre warned this is an essay haha --Ok I was driving the other day, I set off from the lights driving normal and went from 1st, 2nd then going into 3rd it crunched and then boom! I pulled it out of 3rd and my gearbox sounded like an empty milo tin with rocks in it haha I tried going back into 3rd and im pretty sure I have either sheered off quite a number of teeth but the thing is f**ked big time I limped it back home and there it has been sitting for a week now and right at xmas :( quite sad because funnily enough I wasnt doing anything stupid when I broke it but I think its been the 2years of thrashing before hand that has worn it down, though when I bought it 2 years ago the input shaft bearing was noisy so I knew it would blow up but anyway I have still yet to wait for the gearbox place to open up from there god damn holidays to get the car into get looked at however I need to know what I would be looking at for replacing 3rd gear 2nd gear synchro and input shaft bearing( that's pretty much what I think is wrong with it from driving it just will wait and see what they say) but I know the 5speeds are rated at about 300rwkw I want to end up having 350rwkw (currently at about 300rwkw now) but I want to know if the t5 5speed can be beefed up to take this abuse?? I dont really want to go to the more expensive t56 6speed though?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worm A much better forum Silver Donating Members 3,808 Member For: 16y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 30/12/10 12:46 PM Share Posted 30/12/10 12:46 PM No it can't...Max you should throw at them is 270rwkw and even then you are still asking for problems.T56 on the other hand is good for 450rwkw... Stock...Bite the bullet dude or you're wasting your cash... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 8m 19d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 30/12/10 08:47 PM Share Posted 30/12/10 08:47 PM Normally it's waste of time even getting the 5 speed quoted on, save the qutoe fee and put it towards a 6 speed, normally when they break, they break big time, you were actually lucky you could drive it home.They normally break when just loaded up, not flat changing etc, the gears can not handle the torque of even a mildly modified T.These boxes are not rated to handle 300 rwkw, most break long before that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted_XR Member 364 Member For: 16y 7m 1d Posted 30/12/10 10:20 PM Share Posted 30/12/10 10:20 PM (edited) lucky you could still drive it home, when my t5 went I lost all gears from 1st to reverse. Ford replaced it but it was only a matter of time b4 it started 2 whine so that was a sign of it failing again and that was with 268rwkw. Before that broke I took it out and put the t56 in, a lot stronger and also for piece of mind. You can pick up a 2nd hand 1 up for a reasonable price, nothing like it was when it 1st came out. Edited 30/12/10 10:21 PM by boosted_XR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke them tyres Member 557 Member For: 17y 1m 25d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 31/12/10 02:44 PM Share Posted 31/12/10 02:44 PM Pictures of carnage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewx19x Member 14 Member For: 16y 6m 9d Posted 02/01/11 09:42 AM Author Share Posted 02/01/11 09:42 AM Pictures of carnage?nothing yet still sitting in driveway but the thing is to find a t56, nothing around!! any ideas?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 5m 27d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 04/01/11 08:19 AM Share Posted 04/01/11 08:19 AM http://www.malwoodauto.com.au/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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