hawk584

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can the shift forks be replaced with out pulling the trany out?

jmm98LS1

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No. Replacing forks requires pulling the trans apart.

hawk584

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5th gear and 5th gear only went out. i brought it to Cottman transmission since i still have a warranty. they put in steel fork upgrade 2years ago. today said the 5&6 gear shift forks are aluminum with no steel upgrade? won't know untill they pull it apart. free labor, just have to pay for parts and prying it's nothing to expensive

alloy

In a stock T56 the 1/2 and 3/4 forks are aluminum, and you replace the 3/4 fork with steel. The 5/6 and reverse are steel from the factory. Hopefully it's just something small for you. 5/6 and reverse are in the extension housing so you don't have to pull the main case apart to get at them, so it's fairly easy to take apart to repair a 5/6 problem.

CuNfUzEd

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^^^ What he said. Which gears are the issue?

hawk584

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5th gear and 5th only. on the test drive it went in fine at slow speeds. highway run, it went in fine. on deceleration from about 70mph 5th didn't work. 1,2,3,4,6& reverse work fine

hawk584

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pilot bearing went out. the new bearing they had dropped loosely inside the crank.. have to get a new one machined..

Verz

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Bumping an old thread but hey i used search

What is involved in replacing a shift fork and how much does it usually run to do so?

wrencher

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If your in there for a fork might as well do a rebuild JMO.
It's prolly needing it anyway....

calhoon

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Its a full teardown to install the iron 3/4 shift fork.