DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) coatings are nice. They are slippery, hard, wear well and don't change things dimensionally.. I want to do this to my rocker arms, rocker shafts, shift forks and shift shafts. The transmission for my 1000cc engine has had the dog/gear engagement surfaces hard welded and undercut. Was the undercut deep on your gear sets when your dogs sheared off Brian? Did they break on up shift or downshift....or it didn't matter?
2nd and 3rd gear were the worst offenders re tearing off.
Usually on the up shift.
The others would usually round off and jump out of gear.
Case hardening the dogs would help reduce the wear rate but did not help when they sheared off.
Before we began using the HD gear sets, we would get better results using sallower angles on the back cut and shimming them nice and snug.
Even so, at that stage we were happy if we got three meetings out of a gearbox.
It's just an ongoing balancing act.
We had the balance right, then we introduced the clutch locker now it's back to the drawing board.
All suggestions re a solution will be greatfully accepted.
Cheers,
Brian
Cheers,
Brian