Swaping c160 with a c60

ritch568
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Swaping c160 with a c60

Postby ritch568 » Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:39 am

Hi,
I currently have a sprinter carib bz-touring 98 with a 6 speed c160 nonlsd. Problem is... the 3rd gear synchro is starting to go.. and its becoming a pain to drive. I was thinking of replacing the entire gearbox completely and was wondering if i could just buy a c60 (as they are way more common and newer) and just switch bellhousings to fit my 4age bt instead of trying to find a rare overpriced c160. Can the c160 axles fit in the c60 and is it just a case of switching bellhousings or should i just cut my losses and wait for a c160.

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Re: Swaping c160 with a c60

Postby CH121SW20 » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:23 pm

If you get past the bellhousing part. I think taking the axles to an axle guy could be able to hybrid them.

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Re: Swaping c160 with a c60

Postby ritch568 » Fri Oct 03, 2014 2:08 pm

So the axles are definitely different and can't be interchanged? If thats the case I'll wait out for a cheap c160.

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Re: Swaping c160 with a c60

Postby ae82hybrid » Sat Oct 04, 2014 11:39 am

Why not just have the c160 rebuilt, it shifts a lot crispier than the c60 and doesn't have the reverse gate issues.