Skoda Rally Blog

… sorry, had to make a ‘diff’ pun.

In short, I’ve made a nice new gear linkage today (old ones have a good rear joint, but a bad front one, new ones vice versa) by sticking two together. End result? A really good gearchange, and reliable too, hopefully (the new type ones come apart sometimes, as mine did previously).

I also stripped the gearbox that was in the car so I could have a look at the LSD which hasn’t worked right since Chris “*&$*%**%” Bennett took it to fit to the C/R box and took it upon himself to dismantle it for no reason. So I thought I would too. It wasn’t too hard to do, and this is what I found:

So, now I need to find out what’s wrong, which may take some time, as I have NO IDEA who made this, and so until I do I can’t see how I can get spares or work out what should be what. Hopefully the helpful chaps over at the British Rally forum will be able to point me in the right direction…