No 5th Gear

[MOJO757]

RECENTLY I HAVE EXPEREINCE 5TH GEAR POPPIN OUT OF ENGAGEMENT. EVERYTIME I GO TO 5TH IT POPS OUT. SO I HAVE BEEN RIDING IN 4TH UNTIL I CAN GET SOME INSIGHT ON THE PROBLEM AND SOLUTION. I DONT WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP UNTIL I KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE. ANY IDEAS???

 

[ddavisaf]

VFAQ

Read that
**edit** It's already linked to where you need to go. I did the searching for you. Isn't that nice of me.

 

[DsMgIrL078]

It certainly would have been nice of you to do the searching for him, but his profile says he has a 95 n/t, which the vfaq doesn't work for, n/t trannies are nvt350 and set up completely different from the turbo trannies... you can't just pop off the end cover and tighten the nut...

 

[BLINKY619]

well my buddy next door had the same problem and started on 3rd gear and ended up popping 3rd and 5th and resulted in a replacement or rebuild i mean when he would put it in gear it wouldnt automatically pop out if he was driving normally it would be fine but after he tried gunning it up a hill it would pop out and he would have to hold the gear in place.... good luck and hope its just the clutch

 

[DsMgIrL078]

BLINKY 619... was this a turbo or non turbo car? jw what they rebuilt if it was non turbo? synchros? bearings? dogs n sliders? would like to know as lots of n/t dsmers have this problem and don't ever post what the solution was...

 

[darkstar5456]

i have the same problem in my 1g but it only does it in 5 gear to.but it seems to only do it once in a while.but on a hour drive on the highway it popped out 7-8 times.

 

[BLINKY619]

non turbo

 

[xhackerekx]

easy for fixed , need replace berings inside tranny and forks.

 

[DsMgIrL078]

xhackerekx i'm assuming you are talking about the input shaft bearing? when bearing goes out the shaft walks, hence the gear popout... this seems to be a common prob on the n/ts and usually people just point everyone to the vfaq for gear popout which is only for turbos...

 

[rhodes2010]

I went to the vfaq link to solve the 5th gear problems on our 1996 GSX Turbo.

The embedded links to dsm.org failed. As they are from 5 years ago, maybe
they have moved.

But I think I understand the basics. On a turbo version of the 5 speed manual
there is a inspection plate that when opened , just might have a loose or
in-need-of-adjustment nut.

Is there an easy way to explain to me how to access this so we can check .

The car has 127,000 miles and appears reasonably unmodified and stock in the engine area.

We are new to the Eclipse 1996 GSX, but I am fine with technical stuff and
doing mechanical work.

So, please advise. Thanks to all.

 

[pneumo]

Try this Shifter wiggle/movement while in gear?