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General Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: justin_aka_spike on October 10, 2006, 04:25:44 PM
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okay weirdest thing, i didnt think it was possible until it happened, i lost my fifth gear, i was driving down the road one day, and it just went out, now i cant go over 65 in 4th with over-reving my engine, does anyone know what happened to my fifth gear, or where it went? lol :x :cry:
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There's a clip that retains the gear. When it breaks it doesn't allow the use for 5th gear. It's a fairly common problem when lugging the engine in 5th. You're option would be to rebuild your existing tranny, replace it with a salvage or swap it.
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thanks, i guess, i know whats wrong, now, is there a way to just get a new clip for it, and if so where can i pick one up, and how much would it cost? :twisted:
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I have also seen the syncronizers go out on the trannie, and that will cause you to lose a gear.. Or at least it will not go into that gear .. Has happened to me and a few others who I wheel with. It will grind really bad when you try to put it into that gear...
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That happened to my tranny 3 years ago and I'm still driving it everyday, I just don't use 5th gear. No metal fileings in the fluid and no strange noises or anything. Can't use 5th anyway with bigger tires and the 2.5L
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well, its not like it grinds when i go to put it into fifth, it goes into the gear just fine, but its like im in neutral when i hit the gas, all the other gears work just fine, 2nd grinds a little, but seems to work
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well, its not like it grinds when i go to put it into fifth, it goes into the gear just fine, but its like im in neutral when i hit the gas, all the other gears work just fine, 2nd grinds a little, but seems to work
That's the clip then.
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Then the clips have it folks.. Good call Jeffy. 8)
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Then the clips have it folks.. Good call Jeffy. 8)
I've never had the problem myself but from all of the people I've been hearing it comes from lugging the engine in 5th. It doesn't like the beating it gets from being lugged, I guess. I'm always reving the snot out of mine, LOL!
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The clip holding 5th gear on the shaft generally breaks from a hard shift from 4th to 5th and bad synchros. I drove one for a long time after broken with no problems, but the broken clip will be in the bottom of the tranny, to heavy to really float around (but if it does) :roll:
You can replace the clip, easy to get to once the case halves are split. It'll only do it again if the clip groove is damaged or the syncrhos are bad.
Anybody that doesn't know it, do not run the factory recommended GL5 rated gear oil in the AX5 or AX15, the high sulfer content will eat the soft brass syncrhos and your gear oil will come out like brass glitter. If you've got hard shifting, put in Redline MT90 before it's too late.
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thanks a bunch guys, it really does help knowing that, anyone looking to buy a jeep? 3000 asking price
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thanks a bunch guys, it really does help knowing that, anyone looking to buy a jeep? 3000 asking price
Does that include a working 5th gear?? :lol:
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Time for the AX15 Conversion.
Read up here
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=181361&page=6&pp=25&highlight=ax-5+swap
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you're giving up on the jeep just for one gear? that's to bad.
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heh,..funny, it was a joke, but im glad you have a sense of humor too
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the sad thing or good for somebody is i have seen it really happen many times before, for that matter being a mechanic i have bought my customer's vehicles for incredible prices because people think that if the engine or tranny goes then you should just scrap the car, but then again if you pay all the labor maybe it isn't worth it.
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The clip holding 5th gear on the shaft generally breaks from a hard shift from 4th to 5th and bad synchros. I drove one for a long time after broken with no problems, but the broken clip will be in the bottom of the tranny, to heavy to really float around (but if it does) :roll:
You can replace the clip, easy to get to once the case halves are split. It'll only do it again if the clip groove is damaged or the syncrhos are bad.
Anybody that doesn't know it, do not run the factory recommended GL5 rated gear oil in the AX5 or AX15, the high sulfer content will eat the soft brass syncrhos and your gear oil will come out like brass glitter. If you've got hard shifting, put in Redline MT90 before it's too late.
So, we should drain our tranny's and replace the fluid with redline mt 90 ?
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So, we should drain our tranny's and replace the fluid with redline mt 90 ?
After doing some research on this, here's what I found.
http://www.4bangerjp.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=422
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I like it. I'm gonna have to get some soon. My reverse grinds abit, and I used to have trouble with shifting when I raced it everywhere, but I mellowed out now. But I am gonna get some of this, when I replace my 2 year old motor mounts. Every two years got to replace them.
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Oh definately RedLine is the best. I have a noisy bearing in my AX15 and it used to be VERY loud and I had the typical grindng in 3rd, but after Redline MT was installed 3rd shifts perfectly and the bearing noise is almost entirely gone OH and the BIG difference, no more COLD shifting issues. Don't have to SHOVE it into 1st and or 2nd in the winter. Goes in without any trouble.