Help Tranny ?
07-19-2005, 08:14 AM
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Help Tranny ? Got on it this morning 1st fine 2nd fine went to hit 3rd and let the clutch out and it acted like it was in neutral (though I never hit rev limiter).
Now, I know your thinking I probably wasn't in the gate b/c I have let out too soon b4 and grinded once or twice b4 but while my car was coasting i had to pull the shifter out of the 3rd gate and it felt harder to pull back into neutral than normal???????? Its driving fine right now so if anybody could shed some light as to what the hell happend i would appreciate it!
Now, I know your thinking I probably wasn't in the gate b/c I have let out too soon b4 and grinded once or twice b4 but while my car was coasting i had to pull the shifter out of the 3rd gate and it felt harder to pull back into neutral than normal???????? Its driving fine right now so if anybody could shed some light as to what the hell happend i would appreciate it!
07-19-2005, 09:06 AM
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I think you found the mystery gear... sometimes that will happen where you think you shifted into third but a bent shift fork doesn't take it to the right place. It mostly happens in the shift to third. I say keep driving it and as long as you're not getting grinding, don't worry about it... unless you want to pay to have someone tear down the transmission for big bucks but that's up to you.
07-19-2005, 09:22 AM
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Hummmm...bent shift fork ay? What causes it to bend? I don't by all means consider myself a T56 jedi but i am pretty quick and accurate while shifting. Could I have done something to bend the fork and didn't know it?
07-19-2005, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by ArcticZ28
It could happen from slamming third gear or missing a shift (which we're less prone to remembering if it doesn't grind). The stock shift forks are weak as hell, it doesn't take much to bend em, that's for sure.
07-19-2005, 01:09 PM
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You can get steel shift forks, not sure how involved of a process that it is though... maybe someone can chime in that's done this or had it done before. All I know is that when I had my 1-2 synchro replaced it cost around $600 to tear the tranny down install it and put it back together. These POS's aren't cheap to fix.