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Hard to shift into 5th and Rev
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:44 am
by nicbeer
As above.
It is being very hard to get into 5th and reverse in my sierra box.
Why would this b?
Only things i could think of are down in oil effect these gears only? or the shifter locating bolt has come loose maybe, or snapped.
cheers
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:45 am
by mistaboz
ok this is going to be very vague.
rubber grommit somewhere near the bottom of the shifter close to gearbox broken.
i think ive read something on this here but not sure where. also may have been related to problem shifting into first and second.
hope this helps
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:19 am
by aodhfin
i think mistaboz is refering to the rubber bush that is on top of the locating pin. this problem i always heard refered to as sloppy shifter so i am not sure if it will help but i did mine the other day $23 for the pin and bush and it only took 25 mins or so (some body glued the shifter knob in place) and it made a huge difference. my problem was getting into first and second though.
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 2:26 pm
by markil
I had the same problem on my first sierra. I was told to check out the "gates" as they were probly the cause of the problem. So I removed the shifter etc and greased up the dried up gates and it worked perfectly after that.
Mark.
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 12:33 pm
by leafyhead
Had the same problem with me 92 sierra.take the lever out and then the 4 bolts to remove top cover.In here is 2 spring detents with ball bearings.I found that a quick file of the surface the ball rolls on to give the detent , was all that i needed to do and a bit or grease and it works like new.
You will understand what I mean when you have it apart.Just watch oyu dont loose the springs or the balls.