5th Gear Issues

rangerboy101

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Oct 11, 2011
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Inwood, WV
Normal cars can cruise in 5th gear at like...50mph. But not my car. When I put it in 5th, it does this harsh surging that just shakes the whole car. I can't figure out what it is. At first I thought it was something with the clutch and it just didn't like low RPM's. But it doesn't do this shaking in 4th at a low speed/low RPM. Just 5th gear... any suggestions as to what could be wrong? It's not a huge concern to me, but I'd at least like to know what is causing it.
 
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I had some burnt wires back in the day that would cause some low rpm bucking in 5th. Didn't effect the upper rpm range so it seemed to be an issue with 5th, but in reality that was the only gear that saw 2000rpm for more than a split second.
Depending on where i caught it, while i wouldn't say "harsh", but it did some trailer hitching.