Mreguest's gearbox issues!

Thanks for mine Adam, rep given!

johnny gtir wrote:Resend me payment details mate I will pay bobs n sort it when I go down with him sure he said no hurry so just post to me please

Johhny - thank you very much for your kind offer - I realise Bob is manic as usual hence not hassling much - I have sent you a PM.

Cheers

No problem yes as you say/realise he is a maniac

Shit really sorry about that Adam
somehow ive missed answering the pm, no excuse just overlooked

Thanks Johnny your a star mate
not in a rush for them but will sort out when i see you or if need them before will give you a shout fella, btw ive found your 18'' rims

Rang my local dealer today and they said that up to a week for 32609-03E04 and 10 per item.

astarozna wrote:Rang my local dealer today and they said that up to a week for 32609-03E04 and 10 per item.

if you can get some then do it. get as many as possible, If you do find them people will buy them!

uk price should be about £6 each (+post). but i had so much trouble finding them I had to go to usa. my local dealer originally said one week then when we placed the order for 9 of them, i could only have 2 from uk stock and the rest were not possible so got a refund. often what the system says vs physically putting your money down are two different things...

But good luck!

latest updates lots of photos worth a look in my gearbox album:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/124463176@N06/albums/72157668339813004

couple of random action shots
DSC_2350 by edward guest, on Flickr

DSC_2352 by edward guest, on Flickr

DSC_2359 by edward guest, on Flickr

DSC_2369 by edward guest, on Flickr

DSC_2371 by edward guest, on Flickr

took the main shaft apart to compare new baulk rings etc... i have been scratching my head slightly.

here's why, old on the left, new on the right:

DSC_2372 by edward guest, on Flickr

you see the teeth missing?

does not appear to make a difference when measuring it all up and test fitting but strange nevertheless!?!?

Note - The USA Nissan Maxima J30 shares the same gearbox internals as you can see by clicking on any part # on this website:

http://nissan4u.com/parts/sunny/er_n14/1990_10/type_23/power_train/transmission_gear/

I bought a whole bunch of stuff from the USA about 5 years ago because parts were much cheaper and by putting them in my suitcase I had no import tax and VAT. They do things a bit different over there, you can buy a 'kit' which contains all the brass baulk rings and 1st/2nd gear shift springs discounted together. Think it was $140 and i bought a few sets... (~£250 in UK)

I test fitted them on the gear with the syncro hubs and springs and measured them:

old
DSC_2379 by edward guest, on Flickr

new
DSC_2380 by edward guest, on Flickr

old
DSC_2378 by edward guest, on Flickr

new
DSC_2377 by edward guest, on Flickr

teeth are perfectly shaped
DSC_2374 by edward guest, on Flickr

DSC_2381 by edward guest, on Flickr

I see no reason why i shouldn't fit it.

i've got a few spare sets that i would sell. going to list a whole stack of stuff for sale in the correct for sale area soon, I need to stop hoarding and start selling and/or building...

DSC_2347 by edward guest, on Flickr

cheers,
Adam

Those 3 missing teeth are a bit of a head scratcher.
Thats 3 less teeth to take the drive torque.
Only possible reason i can think of is that the boffins at Nissan wanted to reduce the shift engagement force for some reason.

Cosmic73 wrote:Those 3 missing teeth are a bit of a head scratcher.
Thats 3 less teeth to take the drive torque.
Only possible reason i can think of is that the boffins at Nissan wanted to reduce the shift engagement force for some reason.

maybe times are hard and they are pinching brass from gears to weigh it in £££?

the inner grooves are slightly different too. i wonder if they come out of a different factory, i.e. an american one... most of the gearbox parts share with various USA altima, maxima, sentra and stanza.

DSC_2375 by edward guest, on Flickr

the grooves are rotated slightly, you see the middle of the three grooves line up with the missing teeth on the new one but line up with the gap on the old one...

33 teeth on old one, 30 teeth on new one. given the short space of time and distance the outer synchro hub/ring thingy takes to snap from gear to gear i can't imagine it makes any detrimental difference.

just briefly googling "where is nissan stuff made?" i found this:
http://www.nissanusa.com/about/heritage

by 1992 they'd done 2 million sentras and 1993 they made/sold the 1 millionth maxima, all built in tenessee USA...

interesting

Just thought I'd let you know that Courtesy Nissan in the US has some spring clips in stock. i just ordered 3 of them and they shipped out the very next day. The ones ending in 03E04

Ricky, this is the post regarding the springs i was on about.