Jammed gear??
02-11-2007, 01:13 PM
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Jammed gear?? I hit the gas at about 20mph and when I shifted to 3rd the stick jammed in place. It wasn't in gear, like it was in neutral but was stuck what seemed like next to third if that makes sense? I had to pull on it pretty hard to get it into neutral. I have a Pro 5.0 if that matters. it works perfectly fine right now but I haven't got on it again... Help?
02-11-2007, 05:55 PM
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I did the same thing once. Scared the hell out of me. It just got stuck in between forks. No harm done....at least I think so. I did that about a year ago and it hasn't happened since. Car still shifts fine til this day.
02-11-2007, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by JakeY2KZ
I did the same thing once. Scared the hell out of me. It just got stuck in between forks. No harm done....at least I think so. I did that about a year ago and it hasn't happened since. Car still shifts fine til this day.
02-11-2007, 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by calhoon
It should tell you that you are shifting WAY too hard.
02-12-2007, 04:48 PM
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Same thing happened to me in my 01 bird.Theres gotta be something wrong because I never had this problem with my ZF equiped vette. I was told by a reputable tremec rebuilder that it was impossible to get stuck between gears. I sure would like to know what needs to be done.As a side note, a few months ago car and driver complained about this while testing a C6 against a GT500.They had a problem with the vette getting stuck when shifting to third. What gives? These guys are professionals and its happening to them also. Are they shifting to hard?
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I also had the same problem with my 01 ws6 I had a pro 5.0 I have since rebuilt the trans I polished the gate plate and repointed it and changed the shifter to a hurts billet and haven't had it happen since. I think it has somthing to do with worn shifters and gate plates combined to cause this. just my opinion though.
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To jamb it between gear takes alot more energy than is required to make the quickest shift. A shifter with higher centering loads will help with some but this condition ,although possible , is caused by excessive shifting.Repeated beating on the linkage may cause wear that makes the potential for a between-gate shift greater.Polishing the plate and re-pointing the"finger" will actually make the problem worse.