transmission tear down...

We tore apart the transmission that was in the car. At autobahn we lost 4th gear. The gear lube was horribly nasty. When we opened up the case there was silver goo all over, it looked like watered down anti-seize. We are absolutely astounded that this box lasted over 11 hours of endurance racing. There is no reason it should have. Perhaps VW O2O transmissions are better than what people make them out to be.

4th gear? Bah! Who needs it?

Pinion gear? Bah! Plenty of teeth left! Bearings....hmmm just kinda hanging out because there is not race to keep them lined up; doh! I had a donor transmission that we also tore down. The PO said it had no 5th gear. Well he was right, the gears had NO teeth left on 5th, horribly burnt & smelly gear lube. Aparently it was a victum of a leak or low fluid. There isn't quite enough parts between the two of them to make one good one but... So off to the junk yard I go!