!!!!!17"s!!!!!!

[ashleygtir]

do 17"s really knacker you R's gearbox? ive heard lots of people sayin they do and others sayin they dont. who should i belive??????

 

[Rishi]

No they don't


Rishi

 

[ashleygtir]

what does cause the box to fail and what does break?

 

[rossdj1983]

do you mean wheeel bearings?

 

[ashleygtir]

nope gear box,

 

[Lionel]

paddle clutch`s

 

[sunny scott]

Launching it from the lights kills your gearbox

 

[ashleygtir]

so if you treat your box well, then havin 17"s will be ok.

 

[Lionel]

Yes

 

[m34ts_pulsar]

ive got 17"s on mine and its not causeing me any problems.

 

[ashleygtir]

so what breaks when the box goes? is it a case of anthing or is there a common failure?

 

[Mr GTiR]

I've had 17" on my car now for 5 years and still on the orginal wheel bearing it came with. So anyone who say's that they kill wheel bearing are taking sh1te!

With regards to gearboxes please bear in mind how old our cars are!! Look at a 16/17 year old Evo, Skyline, Scooby and see how many of their gearboxes fail.

If a box has been looked properly since new with regular services and oil changes then it will last. It's only the ones that have been abused that start to fail. Also, a lot of big horse power cars may eat them as they are wearing out the internal parts quicker than a standard car.

What people don't know is that the majority of gearboxes that fail are down to the parts that are designed to wear out on a box. It's only few and far that someone will actually "kill" a box.

I think the average life of a standard box is about 60k and that's at one bar. Just think how much longer it will last if running standard boost and well looked after......

Just my 2 pence worth.

Also, a paddle clutch will kill your box - FACT.

 

[ashleygtir]

thanks for that, you cleared that up nicely, how does a paddle clutch kill the box? forgive all questions, im just a tad dull

 

[stumo]

edit

fook it i'm pissed

 

[Odin]

A paddle clutch has no cush springs in the plate.

The springs take a lot of the shock that happens when you drop the clutch

As per normal talking out your fat ass :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :der: .

Pic is of my Spec PADDLE clutch and as you can see it is sprung :? ;-) .



Rob

 

[stumo]

OK, so most paddles don't have springs

 

[Odin]

OK, so most paddles don't have springs

Talking out your ass still matey :der: , I've had 4 paddle clutches and all have been sprung ;-) , I think you may be thinking of twin/triple plates my friend ;-) .





Rob

 

[stumo]

err yeah

 

[MarkTurbo]

What people don't know is that the majority of gearboxes that fail are down to the parts that are designed to wear out on a box. It's only few and far that someone will actually "kill" a box.

I must be doing other peoples share of breaking boxes then :lol: Despite what people say the gearboxes are fragile ;-) The teeth arent that strong, most box failures ive seen are usually down to stripping teeth off gears. And then theres the selector forks too, they arent much better :lol:

 

[kirko]

drunkard tw4t