Re: 164 gearbox blowup info

[Simon Favre <simon@domain.elided>]

My advice is to junk the box. The case is Aluminum (Aluminium?) alloy,
and unless you're an expert in welding those materials, you may do
more damage trying to fix it. Second, that box won't work again
without some new gears, and maybe other expensive parts (gears, 
bearings, etc.) that got damaged by all those metal bits circulating 
around.  The most expedient way to get the car back on the road again
is defintely a used box from a wrecking yard. Trying to rebuild the
old one is probably a waste of time and money.

SF

jonathan coates wrote:

>Today i looked further into why my gearbox is now ventilated, it seems
>that the diff. blew up and threw one of the bevel gears out in four
>pieces. They were still in the diff housing so presumably they were
>clanging about in there knocking bigger and bigger chunks out of the
>casing.
>Anybody know what the gearbox casing is made from so I can try welding
>up the hole?

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