Hey guys

bent my 1st to 2nd shift fork i ordered a new one now im gonna tig weld a little bracket on it to keep it straight ill post some pics tomorrow. Anyone else done this before. I might even do 3rd gear too.

 

Here is a pic of the 1st to 2nd shift fork as u can notice if u look its bent

Now this pic shows the 3rd to 4th gear shift fork u can notice the difference in thickness and that the 1st to 2nd gear shift fork is rather long and has no support.


here is what im going to get welded up to reinforce



Modified by JDMCRX at 10:22 PM 9/12/2004

 

seems like it would work if you didn't warp anything due to the heat.

 

good luck

as a matter of fact today i broke the first shift fork on my turbo D


heres a pic


i have a spare one, but i wish honda made them on steel.. for the 88-91 tranies... this is the 3rd one i have broken so far

i might try to have it cnc machined in steel and see

 

I dont know if is a good idea to weld a bracket like that.I think it would be better to make it similiar to the shift fork were it slips over the shaft and then gets welded 360 degrees around it.If the welds on the bracket breaks and it falls into the tranny....oh boy...I would like to see the pics of that

 

that a pic of the diff pin,,, and how worn out it can be on many trannies


and here are some aftermath pics of a kaboom tranny

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4289992849


btw if the welds brake.. theres a magnet inside the tranny that at least will hold it

 

Are you not using a Y8 tranny?

 

from the steel shift forks it looks like JDMCRX is using a Y8 tranny...unless its like a ZC? (which I have no idea if they come with steel forks)

 

Its a Y8 tranny no the bracket will be a 3/8" steel rod cut and notch out. It will be fully tig welded as for warping i think ill bend it the opiside way a bit and tigg it. If it warps then ill have to get another one i think the fork is like 30 from honda.

 

A little of topic but did you use a out of the box cable to hydro clutch conversion kit or you fab one yourself to get the Y8 to work in the CRX?

 

Oh lol sorry man my car is a 2000 acura 1.6ELT

 

opps,I thought I saw an CRX front-end on your build up page,lol guess not.

 

Well dew to the lack of time i put in my stock tranny and i will build the tranny this winter along with a custom 3rd and 4th gear.