Hi guys i was driving along in my s2rst the other day i put it into 5th gear and about 10 seconds later in suddenly popped out of gear?? the gearbox has been fully rebuilt only about 2k miles ago the gearbox doesnt whine and all gears are easy to find but one thing i have noticed the throw is very long. could this problem be where i didnt push it right into gear and it just popped out??, cheers all.

 

im also keen to know the answer to this

 

Poorly built box in my opinion.

I had my RST box go so I got a rebuild and it did this straight away, took it back and they replaced the selector and 5th gear and it lasted 200 miles.

Just got myself a 2nd hand box that hadn't been touched.

I must have expected too much for my 150 quid.

If I ever have another RST I will without hesitation have one of CTS (Bernie/Gearboxmans) Stg 1 boxes at the very least.

Jake

 

cheers mate

im buying this car off paul you see

ill strip and rebuild the box myself if i have to or send it to the company we use who are the bollocks

 

Could easily be a badly adjusted linkage IMO......

 

how long ago was this, what happened when it failed after 200 miles?

Worn syncro is the answer, just not a good gearbox build

bernie/gearboxman he's the man when it comes to rst boxes

 

rebuilt box's are wank.

 

constructive

on what engineering theory do you base that on?????

 

none.

more due to the fact, of the 2 I have had both have been absolute junk (one failed after a few K and the second jumps out of gear in 1st & 2nd)....and never heard anything good about rebuilds either. (barring one or two companies)

cts box or original ford is the only ones i would ever buy now

 

A CTS box is a rebuild

I've had a re-built box in the past which was Very good and lasted a good few years running high power.

Obviously the two you had were cheap & nasty re-con boxes

 

and no they werent actually, its quite common

 

re-con re-build.......its all the same thing

in the many years of breaking boxes with RST's there are a few chunks of vital information you must know when buying a gearbox.


1. A rebuilt box should ALWAYS have a new shaft in it
2. Larger or uprated bearings require the casing to be modded, not the shaft.
3. If you have any doubts about any components, bin them, and replace with new.
4. Dont trust any gearbox builder who machines the shaft, or claims anything about sleeving the shaft for 'strength'
5. A DIESEL GEARBOX IS NOT STRONGER THAN AN RST BOX!

hope this helps. havent had a rant about boxes in ages, and belive me, i have destroyed a few.

 

Afirmative.

Bernies boxes might also be rebuilds BUT they seem to be generally pretty good and I certainly wouldn't entertain anything else.. but thats me...

Ginge, when the box went again I just fucked it off, I couldn't be arsed with the hassle of them fixing it.. BUT I did get em to fit it..

J