Gearbox Locking
Turbo Mini Forums

im trying to lock the gearbox, but i cant rotate the selector shaft anit-clockwise as stated in haynes, how the bloody hell do you do it, i done it once before but cant seem to do it on this one

to lock the box you need to tap the to sincros apart from each other so in affect your in 2 gears.

PM hogster if you get stuck as i've seen him do that to mine many a time

Best 1/4 mile 13.2 seconds @116 mph
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on a carb?
First 5 port miniturbo to make over 200 bhp on Injection?

http://www.mattwoodsphotography.com

Have you got the diff cover off?

Then the outer sleeve over the gear selector can move outwards and then you can disengage the lever from the bell cranks......I think.......its one of those jobs I could do without thinking with a box in front of me but can't visualise it easily.....

aaaaah y, thats right. Y i had the diff cover off. i;ve got one of those MS anti leak kits and the aluminium washer was a little difficult to get out. your right tho, once thats out u can pull the shaft out more so it doesnt hit the fork.

Just been doing this,struggling till the sleeve what goes around the spring and bearing fell out !!! Looked in haynes book why do they tell you to take it out on a completely differant page than the turning it anti clockwise bit

Metro turbo weekend driver,Mini turbo in the making again!

Removing the whole diff helps you see what you are doing in the first place...