Stuck in 4th gear
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Stuck in 4th gear While driving about 50 mph my transmission got stuck in fourth gear, no matter how hard I tried it would not move out of fourth. I brought it to a shop and they said when they dropped the tranny and took off the inspection plate, it popped out of fourth. I've had it sent to a transmission shop for inspection, to see if there's anything obviously wrong with any of the internal components that caused the problem. While they have the transmission off the car and opened up, is there anything I should have them replace as a good practice? My car is a 2002 Z28 with the 6 speed transmission and about 67,000 miles on it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
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Joined: Oct 2007
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From: eastern ky
While driving about 50 mph my transmission got stuck in fourth gear, no matter how hard I tried it would not move out of fourth. I brought it to a shop and they said when they dropped the tranny and took off the inspection plate, it popped out of fourth. I've had it sent to a transmission shop for inspection, to see if there's anything obviously wrong with any of the internal components that caused the problem. While they have the transmission off the car and opened up, is there anything I should have them replace as a good practice? My car is a 2002 Z28 with the 6 speed transmission and about 67,000 miles on it. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
If it still has the aluminum 3/4 shift fork, it is most likely damaged( they all get there eventually) and if you don't replace it now, you will be revisiting this stuck in gear problem again.You may also have damaged struts( incerts) and synchronizer clutch teeth because of this but the shift fork is where I would start.
