i have a brocken 1st/2nd selector fork from w58, pic inside

[2jizzle]

my question is can i buy this new from toyota? if so part number?

May be interested if somonw has a second hand one also.

[CraigD]

yes you can buy it
I'll look into it tomorrow and get u a price

[Xistant]

looking around $120-$200 for a selector fork, i snapped 2 of mine

[2jzhilux]

that looks very similar to a w56 hilux fork
may work out cheaper

[The Witzl]

thats a few people i've heard of snapping them now.... methinks i might be a little gentle on my 1st-2nd changes

[oldcorollas]

weird.. is there even wear on both of the faces where it touches the gear bit?
or is the busted side worn more (ie, thing was wonky and pushing on one side)

seems odd to only break one side off.. since the gear collar thing can't really twist much, and neither should the fork.....

how hard would it be to make up a stronger one?

[30psi 4agte]

Couldnt be that hard to make i wouldnt think.

I have had a bit of a billet fettish lately

Sorry guys but i dont have a CNC mill only the old manual type........ so mass producing will be a issue !

I could here the orders rolling in already

[The Real Roadrunner]

Yellorolla made one for his car after breaking one.

cheers
linden

[2jizzle]

weird.. is there even wear on both of the faces where it touches the gear bit?
or is the busted side worn more (ie, thing was wonky and pushing on one side)

seems odd to only break one side off.. since the gear collar thing can't really twist much, and neither should the fork.....

how hard would it be to make up a stronger one?

It has even wear on both sides and oposing sides.
Was in a drift car behind 2jzgte, and i get carried away shifting hard when in drift mode.
Would be my roughness that would of caused it.
I have fitted a w57 from a ra60 celica that i scored from a u pull it wrecker for $182, will be a little gentler with this one.
So this w58 will be my spare box.
There was a w55 at the same wrecker also, are these as strong as all w series boxes??

[wilbo666]

May be interested if somonw has a second hand one also.

I've got a second hand one if you want to PM me

Cheers
Wilbo

[YelloRolla]

Yellorolla made one for his car after breaking one.

cheers
linden

I made one after breaking 3 x them.

I will be getting it out of the box soon and checking to see how it is living. It is made from 1045 mild steel. I think that maybe CrMo is the go and then have it heat treated after welding - but then I do go overboard at times.

Jas

[Norbie]

I recently threw out a few of these. Surely there must be other people with smashed gearsets who have good selector forks?

BTW W5x behind a 2JZ in a drift car? Get used to breaking stuff.

[The Witzl]

Seeing how you drive your car down the strip yellorolla, it's no surprise that you broke a few of these forks

Going overboard is necessity for you i think.

[YelloRolla]

I find the things that assists the breakage (apart from my driving style), are 1) clutch clearance and 2) synchro take-up (?) time (read: driving style).

Nothing a PPG gearset won't fix though. I just can't justify the cost (nor do I have the money).

[allencr]

The shift rod it rides on should have a stop on each end, so the fork isn't bearing the load at the end of the shift lever's travel.
I don't have a clue why brass & alum. break rather then bend. When only one side breaks, it always the leading or trailing side?