hi charles, hi steve.....thanks for the link, i was going to post it too as i found it this afternoon on the net too. saves me a job!
yea, the bits look the same as in the pic in the link. think we;re gonna have a go at putting them in tomorrow when ive been and got some new ones. as far as we can tell, there is no other damage, but i know its not always what you can see thats the problem! its been crunching gears since i got it a year ago, 3rd to 4th, and last week off roading i stripped 2 teeth of that big main gear thing in the transfer box. so ive (my dad has) got a new one, replaced it, but found the bits of synchro springs too. now cos its out, it seems a shame not to replace them, cos its obviously not going to go away, but the question is why have they broken up and will it tdo it again. My dad had a series 3 years ago and it apparently always crunched gears cos of this, but it never broke down or anything.
I think it'll be a case of putting new ones in and keeping fingers crossed that it goes ok!