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RicardoRJL1 · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:07 am Post subject: Transmission oil and issue?

Good day everyone.
I wonder if you could help me with a question?
We where working on my torque tube and clutch, but the mechanic (now ex-mechanic) forgot to put in transmission oil. I run the car this way for about 1 mile, maybe a bit more, without knowing there was no oil.

I had to do some work on the torque tube bearings due to the sloppy work of this ex-mechanic, the torque tube is now fixed, but before putting in the torque tube and gearbox...
I just wan't to know if the transmission could be damaged for running it without oil? Besides the obvious wich is opening the gearbox, is there any other way to tell if it's damaged?

Thanks !!

RicardoRJL1 · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:08 am Post subject:

The gears engange properly when done manually.

Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11733 Location: PacNW

Put oil in and drive it...best way to tell.
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RicardoRJL1 · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 4:20 am Post subject:

I'm going on that direction, hopefully nothing happened to it.

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emoore924 · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 2822

I'd put oil in it and drive it **a little bit**. Then drain the oil and look for metal. If none, refill and off you go. If you find bits of metal and gear teeth, well, that's not as good of course.

daniel · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 686 Location: Sydney, Australia

Unlikely, there would still be a film of oil on internals which would protect for a short while
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RicardoRJL1 · Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 1:54 am Post subject:

Well, I couldn't resist and just to be safe...
Two synchronizer insters where broken

So i'm going to "refresh" everything, check for any further faults...