[Clois Harlan]

Lew Payne a good friend of mine has been blowing his 3rd gear syncro at every race since last September at Road America.

At every race since that time (Run and Gun, Omaha, Tulsa, etc.) and again this year at Road America after his first session he cannot shift into 3rd. Lew replaced his T-5 at last years R/A with a Tremic 3550. It also lasted less than 20 miles before 3rd gear failure. Lew has become very good at rebuilding his Tremic and in fact we even told him to have someone else re-build his trany.

The only changes he made after Tulsa last year (where he had no problems) and last years R/A was he installed a full (double) roll bar in lieu of his single roll bar on his Classic's Cobra. Other problems he had at Road America last year were: 1. he broke his rear upper adjustable controll arm on his rear end. Lew had his upper controll arm re-welded and then he eventually replaced it with a fixed length upper controll arm before this years R/A race. Lew has replaced his tranny mounts as well as his rear coil overs. He has checked and varified his pinion angle and driveshaft length. The problem persists. We need someone elses Ideas on this one.

All help would be appreciated.


Clois Harlan