Well... if you read that thread up there
to about this point you'll have part numbers for the steel gears, and the other link there will give you part numbers for the gears in your tranny in comparison. Which is kinda why I directed you to those two links, 'cause I was busy at the time I replied and George, Squidd and most of the other guys are off racing this weekend. And, according to the numbers found on those two links, they aren't steel!!
But don't stop reading there, because
a couple posts beyond that one George tells you that the schematics will list the input as steel and if input is steel the bevel gear is steel as well. Which that schematic doesn't tell you the input is steel either, so again I'm assuming they probably aren't. And, then he tells you what to do when you get the steel gears and everything appears to be the wrong size, should you order them and that happen to be the case.
Right after which he tells you to take the reverse gears and chain out and toss them, to prevent the chain breaking and wrapping around the shaft, and blowing the case on your new tranny apart... (
unless you're running a class where tranny alterations are not allowed such as USLMRA - IMOW)
And, right after that he tells you that you should replace the grease with gear lube, (
which elsewhere around here he has stated using a mixture of gear lube and 00 Lawn Mower Grease). Cause and reason being the gear lube or gear lube and 00 mix is thinner and lubricates better and it creates less drag than the factory grease. Running straight grease in there you aren't going to get enough lubrication and you'll have more drag inside the tranny.
Be sure to read the first post on that topic however, as George points out not to use degreasers or solvents on the brass bushings, and he also specifies where you want to apply your gasket goop to prevent all the gear lube from leaking out.
So to answer your questions more directly...
- NOPE, you ain't got steel Gears.
- Yep you probably want to clean the grease out and change it to gear lube with a little 00 grease to reduce drag and make it tacky enough to stick to all the gears good as George has suggested elsewhere. And...
- Yes you do want to remove the reverse chain and maybe even the gears, unless you just absolutely want to buy another tranny, or aren't allowed to do so under your association or class rules.
