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Old Jun 15, 2008 | 07:23 PM
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just bought a Trans am and it only has 6,000 miles on it and it keeps popin outta 3rd gear......what could this be?
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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 09:47 AM
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Check to see if you have a Hurst or other aftermarket shifter with positive stops. If so, the forward stop my just need to be backed off a bit so you can get the stick all the way in to 3rd gear fully.
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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 10:33 AM
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Originally Posted by RedBird2001
just bought a Trans am and it only has 6,000 miles on it and it keeps popin outta 3rd gear......what could this be?
So in third it will free rev if you step on the throttle? Sound like the same thing a fellow member had and it ended up being a bad forward sprag
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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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maybe the tranny is gone but i dought at that miles! maybe its the keys or bloker rings
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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 07:56 PM
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yes it has a hurst shifter.......i think ya hit the nail on the head there i'll see what i can do thanks
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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Elliott's94Z
So in third it will free rev if you step on the throttle? Sound like the same thing a fellow member had and it ended up being a bad forward sprag
This guy here has a manual transmission.
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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 08:59 PM
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You can also check out the Manual Transmission section. I'm sure you'll get some help in there.

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Old Jun 16, 2008 | 09:31 PM
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You got a bent third gear shifting fork...I have the same thing wrong with mine. It's from hard shifting to third gear and if it has the factory hurst shifter then it will bend. I put a good shifter in mine w the stops after the fact. So I just skip third for now until I get the $ to fix it right. I know this because I already tore into mine and replaced the dogs and plastic pieces that were broken and thought that was what was wrong and it wasn't. D & D performance told me that it was most likely a bent fork and they would know bc thats all they do and thats their specialty.
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Originally Posted by RedBird2001
yes it has a hurst shifter.......i think ya hit the nail on the head there i'll see what i can do thanks
With the mileage of the car, the adjusting screw is probably the issue. It took me an extra adjustment to get my Hurst right so it wouldn't pop out like yours is doing.
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thank yall for all the advice......
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Old Jun 18, 2008 | 02:35 PM
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It doesn't take but just a few hard shifts to third to bend it....just call D&D for advise.
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