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Old 11-17-2007, 01:36 PM
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Default New owner can't downshift into second?

If i shift regular it will go into second fine. or getting on it hard. but say if i see a car and i want to play with and shift it down from 4th to second or 3rd second it will not go into second with out some major force or either i have to go slow enough to put it in 1st while holding in the clutch and then put it in second. What gives?
Old 11-17-2007, 01:58 PM
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same here i cant go from 6th to 5th i need to go 6th to 4th to 5th
Old 11-18-2007, 02:44 AM
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Any one?
Old 11-18-2007, 08:29 AM
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how many miles are on your trans ? when i had mine rebuilt 5th and 6th were shot and 2nd wasn't any better .....worn sycro's maybe
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my trans almost has 56,000.
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I just fixed this problem the cause is the blocker rings, slider assy, and the gear itself. the teeth are extremely worn or teeth are missing on the gear or the slidder assy or the blocker rings or all of them. The fix is to replace 2nd gear and slider assy. and blocker rings, (and if I were you I would change the keys to billet and put bronze fork pads in makes the shifting much fimmer and more positive).
I talked to Amber at T56 about this and she said that the cause for this is generally from a clucth not disingageing properly or poor shifting in general.
Old 11-21-2007, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by N2O-ARMD
I just fixed this problem the cause is the blocker rings, slider assy, and the gear itself. the teeth are extremely worn or teeth are missing on the gear or the slidder assy or the blocker rings or all of them. The fix is to replace 2nd gear and slider assy. and blocker rings, (and if I were you I would change the keys to billet and put bronze fork pads in makes the shifting much fimmer and more positive).
I talked to Amber at T56 about this and she said that the cause for this is generally from a clucth not disingageing properly or poor shifting in general.
How much will that cost? Should i just rebuild the tranny while i'm at it? Other than that the tranny is fine. where is T56?
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t56rebuilds is sixspeedsinc>sponsors
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Originally Posted by LTLRDSS
same here i cant go from 6th to 5th i need to go 6th to 4th to 5th
Same with me, I got to see my old parts and the pads on the 5-6 fork were smashed/deformed. I was able to get the 5-6 shift back after some time though, I just had to push on it and towards the passenger fender. After a week of that it downshifted a little easier.




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