WTF happened to 5th gear?
07-25-2004, 11:02 PM
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Re: WTF happened to 5th gear?(FIXED)
Thanks.
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Old Crow wrote:
>
> Well, it only took me two weeks to get to fixing this, but it's done.
>
> Turns out it was indeed the snap ring on the back of the main shaft.
> When that breaks, it spits the gear onto the unsplined portion of the
> shaft, and 5th gear goes away.
> This can be fixed without pulling the whole trans, but the tailshaft
> housing is a bit tricky to get off. First, of course, you remove the
> t/case(support the trans when you pull the skid plate). To remove the
> tailshaft housing you have to remove the detent springs on either side
> of the shifter(don't cross them, as one is stiffer than the other).
> Then you remove the shift tower and the bolt that goes through the
> shift fork into the rail. Then remove the plug in the back of the
> trans and pull the shift rail out along with the shift fork.
> On the passenger side of the trans there is a Torx bolt that has a
> spring and a detent ball behind it. Remove that and the tail shaft
> housing will now come off in your hands.
> The snap ring was in two pieces, but the magnet in the drain plug had
> captured both pieces, so no big deal. The snap ring is also a shim to
> control end play of the 5th gear, so I took the old pieces with me
> when I went to get a new one. The guy at the tranny shop mic'ed the
> pieces and got me the right one, since the letter marking that the
> factory puts on the ring was gone from my old one. Got a new seal for
> the tailshaft and a gasket to go between the tranny and the housing.
> Total cost of parts: $5, Not sure how much I paid for fluid yet(got
> it on my account at work), but it takes 4 quarts, so it was probably
> more for the fluid than the parts.
>
> My Jeep has been sitting for two weeks, with the top down because of
> the nice weather, and since I got it fixed on Friday it's done nothing
> but rain.
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl'
> '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande
> ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1
> TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Old Crow wrote:
>
> Well, it only took me two weeks to get to fixing this, but it's done.
>
> Turns out it was indeed the snap ring on the back of the main shaft.
> When that breaks, it spits the gear onto the unsplined portion of the
> shaft, and 5th gear goes away.
> This can be fixed without pulling the whole trans, but the tailshaft
> housing is a bit tricky to get off. First, of course, you remove the
> t/case(support the trans when you pull the skid plate). To remove the
> tailshaft housing you have to remove the detent springs on either side
> of the shifter(don't cross them, as one is stiffer than the other).
> Then you remove the shift tower and the bolt that goes through the
> shift fork into the rail. Then remove the plug in the back of the
> trans and pull the shift rail out along with the shift fork.
> On the passenger side of the trans there is a Torx bolt that has a
> spring and a detent ball behind it. Remove that and the tail shaft
> housing will now come off in your hands.
> The snap ring was in two pieces, but the magnet in the drain plug had
> captured both pieces, so no big deal. The snap ring is also a shim to
> control end play of the 5th gear, so I took the old pieces with me
> when I went to get a new one. The guy at the tranny shop mic'ed the
> pieces and got me the right one, since the letter marking that the
> factory puts on the ring was gone from my old one. Got a new seal for
> the tailshaft and a gasket to go between the tranny and the housing.
> Total cost of parts: $5, Not sure how much I paid for fluid yet(got
> it on my account at work), but it takes 4 quarts, so it was probably
> more for the fluid than the parts.
>
> My Jeep has been sitting for two weeks, with the top down because of
> the nice weather, and since I got it fixed on Friday it's done nothing
> but rain.
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl'
> '95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande
> ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1
> TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51
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