lost gears 2nd 4th and reverse

[nlh8584]

ok i have searched the threads and have found no answers that help me i have a 97 eclipse rs 5 speed i left a stop light this morning hit 6 grand in first shifted into second and heard a loud pop,slap,clank somthing along those lines cant really describe the sound. 2nd gear worked fine got to the next light and kept it slow but i had noticed 2nd 4th and R were gone. also theres a twist i went to change my speed sensor the other day and noticed the drive gear for the speed sensor was really loose and making noise ant to top it off i lost the speed sensor gear in the tranny so do you guys still think it a cable or linkage or did the loose speed sensor gear screw up my tranny

 

[talon187]

sounds like a shifter cable the one cable controls 1,3,5 the other 2,4,reverse i would check that

 

[jose420a]

I have a issuse like this in my 96 rs doen't read the speed just rpm's and i have no reverse.

 

[Locke]

Cable retainers under the hood, and at the shifter.
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/newbie-forum/260951-transmission.html


Losing the pinion into the diff will not cause you to lose gears, but you ought to disassemble the transmission to remove whats left of the pinion (it's plastic) and secure the ring gear.

 

[kewlguy]

just grab them from a junkyard eclipse. i got my shifter cables for $20

 

[r1991_4g63t]

if those cables were bad you shouldnt be able to go into any gear, not just 1/3/5

one controls 1-2 3-4 5-r and the other moves it to which set, 1&2 3&4 or 5&R

 

[kewlguy]

if those cables were bad you shouldnt be able to go into any gear, not just 1/3/5

one controls 1-2 3-4 5-r and the other moves it to which set, 1&2 3&4 or 5&R

That's odd because when that happened to me and I replaced the broken shifter cable it fixed the problem.

 

[r1991_4g63t]

if either cable is broken it would be impossible to hit 1 3 and 5 because it takes both cables to hit 1 and 5.

 

[talon187]

no it doesnt. ive had one cable go bad and i couldnt touch first thrid or 5th second forth and reverse worked perfectly fine

 

[lq1driver]

this has happened to me in my 97 gs it was a bad shifter bushing get bushur racing ones it will never happen again the stock ones are garbage rubber

 

[nlh8584]

so heres what happened one of the clips on the shifter cable popped out under the hood so i replaced the cables anyway new clips and walah shifts much smoother and i now have all my gears the only reason i had 1 3 and 5 was because in the forward position i was pulling the cable and 2 4 and r wouldent work cause the cable was loose and i was unable to push the cable it just floped around