i think thats whats happend to this box, i was carefull to relocate the spring when i assembled the box, but when i took it to bits originally there were only two bolts securing the gearbox, no locating dowel and a couple of stray washers in the bottom, not exactly confidence inspiring i know. there are some gouge marks on the back of the plate where the shift spring has been sandwiched between the plate and case. i bet a pound that that why the bolts were missing on that side as the person could not figure out why it would not all fit properly

i 've been checking out the transmission tonight and cant find anything other then the crack in the plate that would affect the operation of it, so maybe a new plate would sort it.

are the dry and wet gearboxes essentially the same apart from the differant input shaft?