no 6th gear
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From: warminster
no 6th gear i bought my car knowing i don't have 6th. was told it needs a syncro. while driving i can put it into 6th, but theres nothing there. grinds a little like its tring to find something. 5th works fine. to my understanding they use the same syncro so you think its the gear itself?
Sounds like the engagement teeth on the 6th drive gear, have been chewed/broken off. You'll need a new synchro and a new 6th gear. I have a complete '93 (great shape) 5/6 extension in my spare parts pile, give me a shout if interested.
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93lt1M6z:
I agree with 85MikeTPI that the clutching teeth on the 6th drive gear are probably damaged. We stock and sell all the parts for the your trans. Replacing 6th gear does not require a complete teardown. You can download the Shop Manual from our website. Recommend that you do a partial teardown before ordering parts.
Don
I agree with 85MikeTPI that the clutching teeth on the 6th drive gear are probably damaged. We stock and sell all the parts for the your trans. Replacing 6th gear does not require a complete teardown. You can download the Shop Manual from our website. Recommend that you do a partial teardown before ordering parts.
Don
Other thought would be if both the 5/6 fork was bent, and has missing pads, but even then it should have slight engagement.
Does the shifter handle feel that it moves into 6th, as deep as it does into 2nd and 4th?
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From: warminster
haha....fellow preston and steve listener huh?
I'd say to tear the whole thing down and go through it. if you have the resources to take the back off, the whole think isnt much harder. if you just had to save as much time as possible, you can do 6th gear by just pulling the back off, but if something(or someone, lol) happened to tear up 6th gear, something else is either fucked or really close to it, so u might as well go through the whole thing.
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I'd say to tear the whole thing down and go through it. if you have the resources to take the back off, the whole think isnt much harder. if you just had to save as much time as possible, you can do 6th gear by just pulling the back off, but if something(or someone, lol) happened to tear up 6th gear, something else is either fucked or really close to it, so u might as well go through the whole thing.
true..for now ill pull the tail and see what exactly it looks like. go from there...might just do 6th and syncro and fresh fluid for now...do a full rebuild when i have cash
and 85mike...you have experience in rebuilding these??
thanks all
