[QUOTE=tuna;404813]dont decel in 2nd![/QUOTE]
Quoted for truth! That's when my KAAZ mainshaft chucked a spazz

Better off to just keep the boot into it, brake late and turn.

[QUOTE=phizzle;404815]Davey, sounds exactly like what happend to mine not long ago. If you are lucky it's 'just' the mainshaft with at least one 2nd gear tooth missing (on the mainshaft). Worse still is there are teeth missing from the gear itself and synchro is all f&#ked up.[/QUOTE]

it selects gears fine still not tight so fingers crossed, its funny how it went was just drivin like a pensioner on a sunday drive... sounded like a whole tooth fell off :D

round abouts, accel from corners, decel into corners and 20-60kph is mostly done in 2nd.
it gets a rough life.

downshifting into second and decelling hard over time will set the gear up to fail no doubt.

[QUOTE=daveygravey]it selects gears fine still not tight so fingers crossed, its funny how it went was just drivin like a pensioner on a sunday drive... sounded like a whole tooth fell off :D [/QUOTE]
Yea same as me!! Driving like a nanna, shifted from 3 to 2 as I was slowing to make my driveway and clunk clunk clunk FUCK!!!! clunk clunk. Sounds like you might have just taken a tooth, maybe not. You'll have to get the box open to be sure either way.

[QUOTE=tuna;404821]round abouts, accel from corners, decel into corners and 20-60kph is mostly done in 2nd.
it gets a rough life.

downshifting into second and decelling hard over time will set the gear up to fail no doubt.[/QUOTE]
As Doug was explaining to me: he believes the teeth sort of becomes worn/bedded that one way under heavy accelerating loads, and when the loads go the other way under deceleration it is not as strong and maybe has (basically invisable) stress fractures or somesuch that don't cause an issue when accelerating yet cause a failure.

It was a slow gear change from 1st to 2nd, so it prob did get a second of decel, amazing huh... shitty old subaru boxes hahaha... this is my 4th gearbox failure in 5 wrx's.. but 2 on this current car.

how much are a set of straight cuts?

Just spoke to a mate who used to work on a drag team, they used to freeze a few parts at a company in o'conner, he says it will defo make a standard part stronger, and said they are not too expensive either.

I think i will explore this option more.

Cryo treatment can't hurt!

thats exactly what im thinking mate

[QUOTE=mattmy99;404731]Genuine copy of course looks real good you no you want to buy it. Dad bought it i mean i bought it then decided it wouldnt suit the look of my car and have decided to buy a genuine copy cf replica P1 box.[/QUOTE]

post of the week

broke my 4.11 in exactly the same way u did davey.. was just a 1st - 2nd change of gear and it bounced out of 2nd and got caught in between 2nd and 1st and then "CLUNKED".

Other gears were fine but 2nd was clunky.. dougie drained it only to find a tooth in the pan and on further stripping of the box, 2nd gear and the mainshaft needed replacement.

Guess this was what happens to shit glass-boxes..

Got a 4.44 after that and later went on to a 6 speed. Trust me, u'll love it. And it's not that dear as compared to before. Couple of guys over @ rexnet are selling the whole conversion itself.