Sundance 6g72
06-05-2012, 12:05 AM
so i got hold of a shadow cable and swapped my 1g neon cable out for the shadow cable. still has a hard time getting into third.
trans in question is a a543 (1993)
from the driving ive done, it seems that the tranny favors higher rpm (2500+) to get into third along with shifting quickly. it think its silly to shift that fast during day to day cruising but its required.
when i try to shift at say 2200rpm in a relaxed fasion (just like any other person) it tends to either grind or go in just fine only to pop out when i release the clutch a moment later.
it also pops out if im sitting idle and put it into third.. right when i start to let the clutch out, it pops out.
1st 2nd 4th and 5th have never given me problems ever never ever never never. lol. this is strickly third gear being a pain the ---.
this all started about a year and a half ago when a failed power shift from 2nd to third resulted in a horrible gear grind. i was always able to upshift fine and down shift (if i double clutched/rev matched) but this is different/worse. i thought it was the shift cable because after i did my engine rebuild, the shift cable was stretched or something because it was pulling way to far into third. i replaced it with a 1g neon cable which tightend up the shifting (felt great) but third gear had the problem i described above. naturally i thought it was just because i was using the wrong cable. swapped in a shadow cable and i have the same problem but with a looser shifter. i almost liked the neon cable better.
when i compared the 1g neon cable to the shadow cable, the shadow cable had more throw in each direction BUT it should be noted that 1g neon cable seemed to have just enough throw to push the trans into gear all the way. I shifted into third and then disconnected the cable and the trans didnt want to go into third any further than where the cable put it. making me think that the cable was never the problem in the first place.
(ALL of the above is talking about the big bushing cable, not the crossover. the crossover has been adjusted over and over making things worse or better but never perfect. the crossover appears to be in steller condition as well)
im starting to think i had a syncro problem and now have a syncro and shift fork problem. i never had the popping out of gear problem until very recently.. its ahrd to live with. i can live with a bad syncro.
anyways, how do i go about checking the shift forks? from what i know, i can do it without pulling the trans. this seems like a logical first step.
trans in question is a a543 (1993)
from the driving ive done, it seems that the tranny favors higher rpm (2500+) to get into third along with shifting quickly. it think its silly to shift that fast during day to day cruising but its required.
when i try to shift at say 2200rpm in a relaxed fasion (just like any other person) it tends to either grind or go in just fine only to pop out when i release the clutch a moment later.
it also pops out if im sitting idle and put it into third.. right when i start to let the clutch out, it pops out.
1st 2nd 4th and 5th have never given me problems ever never ever never never. lol. this is strickly third gear being a pain the ---.
this all started about a year and a half ago when a failed power shift from 2nd to third resulted in a horrible gear grind. i was always able to upshift fine and down shift (if i double clutched/rev matched) but this is different/worse. i thought it was the shift cable because after i did my engine rebuild, the shift cable was stretched or something because it was pulling way to far into third. i replaced it with a 1g neon cable which tightend up the shifting (felt great) but third gear had the problem i described above. naturally i thought it was just because i was using the wrong cable. swapped in a shadow cable and i have the same problem but with a looser shifter. i almost liked the neon cable better.
when i compared the 1g neon cable to the shadow cable, the shadow cable had more throw in each direction BUT it should be noted that 1g neon cable seemed to have just enough throw to push the trans into gear all the way. I shifted into third and then disconnected the cable and the trans didnt want to go into third any further than where the cable put it. making me think that the cable was never the problem in the first place.
(ALL of the above is talking about the big bushing cable, not the crossover. the crossover has been adjusted over and over making things worse or better but never perfect. the crossover appears to be in steller condition as well)
im starting to think i had a syncro problem and now have a syncro and shift fork problem. i never had the popping out of gear problem until very recently.. its ahrd to live with. i can live with a bad syncro.
anyways, how do i go about checking the shift forks? from what i know, i can do it without pulling the trans. this seems like a logical first step.