2000blackWS6

I have a 2000 TA WS6 with a strange problem (mind you it does have 100,000 miles now) it will pop out of 3rd gear when I'm coasting (never when accelerating thank God) but usually around 2500-3000 rpm's I can usually predict when it will happen. It usually pops out with such force it will throw my hand back when it happens. I've had the car since it had 88,000 miles and this has been happening at least since then.

Also this is a new thing-- when I'm in 6th gear at around 70mph, I get this high pitched whine sound which I never noticed before. The pitch goes up as I accelerate. I haven't noticed any other problems except for this noise-- otherwise the transmission has been doing great. Any ideas? Thanks.

SSalvage

my car had the exact same thing, some people said it was a bent shift fork, i bought a rebuild kit and new shift forkand took it to a shop, when they had the tranny opened up they said that my gears were rounded off and that i needed a new input shaft, they would do all this for the low low price of 1200 dollars not including the 400 i spent on the rebuild kit and fork. i said screw you, picked up my tranny in pieces and bought a used t56 for 750. i still have that rebuild kit and shift fork still in plastic if you want to buy it but im not sure if that is your problem.

Brains

iTrader: (7)

popping out of gear symptoms are almost always deformed teeth on the blocker and/or cluster gear.

jmd

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Most likely diagnosis once the trans is apart will be 3/4 synchro slider and 3rd gear will need replaced, and 6th gear related bearing is gone.

2000blackWS6

I'll probably just drive it until it starts getting worse. It only pops out of 3rd like once or twice a week at most... and found out it is actually around 1900 rpm's (while coasting) that it happens. It does have 100,800 miles on it (high for a 2000 model) but I bought it a year ago with 89k on it. The noise in 6th I'll just keep monitoring-- if it gets any louder I'll have it rebuilt.

Anybody know a good tranny shop around the Kansas City area?

ESP101

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if interested gives us a call at eastside performance we can beef the tranny up and shift better call 203 619 4732 guy

Trans_AmGuy

Its definately the Syncro and shift fork. My car did the same but luckily I'm still under factory warranty. The dealership replaced it with a steel fork instead of the aluminum one. I feel for ya though.

greekss

My car wont even go into 3rd gear... at all.... did the dealership give u crap when u took it in? what mods do u have.... i have a cutout and its got eibach springs. I dont want them to say, o uve been racing sorry go pay 1200 for a rebuild.

Trans_AmGuy

The dealership I took it to was really cool with my mods and never asked how it got messed up. Have a pro 5.0 , headers and true duals at the time, and several other basic bolt ons. FWIW luckily it was on warranty, the final bill was over $3K.... but I'm sure they added some extra time to it though.

Magyver

Popping out of gear? What possibly causes this?
A bent shift fork causes this. If you still have a warranty take it to the dealer. There was a recall for this defective part (check the TSB). The original shift fork was aluminum and the replacement is steel.
No warranty you can get prices from local shops and get the steel replacement for about $49 from D&D from the link above.

TSB bent fork info:
Transmission Jumps Out of 3rd Gear (Replace 3-4 Shift Fork, 3-4 Synchronizer Assembly, 3rd Gear Blocker Ring and 3rd Speed Gear) #01-07-29-003A
Transmission Jumps Out of 3rd Gear (Replace 3-4 Shift Fork, 3-4 Synchronizer Assembly, 3rd Gear Blocker Ring and 3rd Speed Gear)
1999-2000 Chevrolet Camaro

1999-2000 Pontiac Firebird

with Manual Transmission (RPO MM6)

This bulletin is being revised due to a change in part numbers. Please discard Corporate Bulletin Number 01-07-29-003 (Section 07 - Transmission/Transaxle).


I got the above from http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread...hreadid=473648

greekss

is there a recall for the third gear at all for '02s

distortion_69

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What about if it pops out of 3rd, makes a squealing in 6th, and gets stuck in 4th everytime you put it in there, and you have to fight with it while driving down the road to get it out.

Josh

greekss

time 4 da rebuild

ZR2877

greekss I can't concentrate on reading because of that picture at the bottom of you post.
Luckily My trans has been good to me but I think I'll need a clutch soon about 85,000 miles on stock one now.

distortion_69

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My brothers LT1 6 speed is doing that.. I guess we should go ahead and pack it up and ship it off.. I'm going to drive it to Chattanooga today using just 1-2-5-6 gear switches..Anybody suspect any problems?

Josh