t-5 woes

[TOOLOW91]

ok so i am on my way to work this morning car was fine the whole ride cruising in 5th at about 65 70 . i get off the exit on the high way slow down in neautral go to go into first and it feels real hard. so i get it into first and i stop again and i feel the shift has no side to side motion . so i muscle it around back and fourth real hard and it frees up. i get to work and im running through the gears in the parking lot and it binds again.

i removed the boot to see if maybe something was loose or debris were jamming up the shifter. nothing . any ideas ??

 

[Mintsick]

Does that Hurst shifter have the positive stops that are adjustable on it?

 

[TOOLOW91]

yes it does it has a bolt and jam nut on both sides of it

 

[Mintsick]

I would check that the stops haven't backed themselves out somehow just because it's a simple thing to check, also check to make sure the 4 bolts holding the shifter onto the trans are snug.

 

[TOOLOW91]

stops are tight , shifter isn't wobbling like it's loose , only does it if I put it into 5th and the. try to down shift but if I force it back in 5th and then neutral a second time
it frees u

 

[TOOLOW91]

frees up* sorry I am on my iPhone

 

[TOOLOW91]

so i checked the fluid and it seems to be full but i also had the car jacked up on the right side so i dont no im sure that didnt help, theres a small leak from whatever sensor is in the left side of the tranny .

 

[TOOLOW91]

anyone ?

 

[TOOLOW91]

bump stopped doing it for a while and started again today

 

[vertvert]

Sounds like a bent or binding fork. Or the shaft the fork rides on.

 

[LarsD]

How is your clutch cable adjustment?

 

[TOOLOW91]

lars it feels like it catches real low to the floor like its supposed to, but then again its my first time with a 5 speed fox. it only behaves like this in 5th, every other gear is fine except sometimes reverse if i go to put it in reverse ill go from first down to reverse and normally it goes right in but sometimes it wont and if i let my foot of the clutch a little hair is goes right in.

 

[LarsD]

lars it feels like it catches real low to the floor like its supposed to, but then again its my first time with a 5 speed fox. it only behaves like this in 5th, every other gear is fine except sometimes reverse if i go to put it in reverse ill go from first down to reverse and normally it goes right in but sometimes it wont and if i let my foot of the clutch a little hair is goes right in.

Hmm. Well it is supposed to have some pre-load to it. I found this out the hard way on my latest project. I check it by laying down next to the car and reaching under it to wiggle the clutch cable. Kinda hard to explain, but the cable should have a little bit of tension on it while at rest.

 

[TOOLOW91]

will do tonite or tomorrow. that may explain why when it wont go into reverse the little hair that i move the pedal is making up for the tension and allowing me to go into reverse