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Originally Posted by Rodsrsr View Post
If you recently rebuilt your 915 it will be quite tight for some time. It takes a while especially if you only drive it on the weekends but once it loosens up it's a nice gearbox. Shifting into 2nd will be significantly improved but never perfect. Its just one of the characteristics of that gearbox and part of what makes driving an early 911 unique. BTW, the heat and A/C suck too. 8-)
No, That's some BS that got pushed off on people because for a long time the parts being sold were not to correct spec. It doesn't take very long at all for a fresh 915 to break in. The number one key here is that the replacement dog teeth must have a 9 degree backcut on them. German OEM dog teeth don't have it. R&S replacement teeth didn't have it until about 2 years ago. Literally, for 2 decades, 915 gearboxes have been getting rebuilt with out of spec parts.
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