Downshifting to 2nd

VeNuM · 10-20-2003, 08:58 PM

My T5 tries to kick it out of 2nd gear sometimes only when I downshift going around a turn. Could this be just the stock shifter or is there something wrong with the tranny?

richd · 10-21-2003, 10:58 AM

It could be the tranny but it could be you're not always pulling the shifter completely into second during turns.

Also...sometimes the dog teeth on the gear and the slider get beat up a bit from a bad shift (missing a gear, grinding, etc.). The gear and slider would engage fine except when aligned such that a nick on the slider tooth gets hung up on a nick on the gear tooth, preventing full engagement. Furthermore, the imperfections may interfere only during a downshift (syncros are speeding the gears up rather than slowing them down).

I hope that makes sense, I'll try to explain it better if it doesn't.

I still have the old gears from my rebuild, I'll try to pull them out and take pictures so you can see what I mean.

Good luck,

Rich D.

USMC302 · 10-21-2003, 12:00 PM

I had a broken shifter "fork" once, and it was popping out of 2nd all the time. I would get your tranny inspected ASAP. When you break something or even start to rub/grind something in the tranny, the metal flakes get caught up in all the fluid and just keep recyling around and ruin the lubrication process, Making everything worse. Good luck

10-20-2003, 08:58 PM	#1
VeNuM Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Downers Grove, IL Posts: 464	Downshifting to 2nd My T5 tries to kick it out of 2nd gear sometimes only when I downshift going around a turn. Could this be just the stock shifter or is there something wrong with the tranny? __________________ 1989 Black Mustang GT Hatchback, Underdrive Pulles, Electric Fan, Cold Air Intake, Headers, Offroad H-Pipe, Magnaflow catback, Steeda Tri-Ax, Fluidyne Aluminum Radiator, Timing at 14*, 3.73's Coming not so soon: 408w Ricer Hater's Club Member #59

10-21-2003, 12:00 PM	#3
USMC302 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Gallatin, Tn Posts: 1,326	I had a broken shifter "fork" once, and it was popping out of 2nd all the time. I would get your tranny inspected ASAP. When you break something or even start to rub/grind something in the tranny, the metal flakes get caught up in all the fluid and just keep recyling around and ruin the lubrication process, Making everything worse. Good luck __________________

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10-21-2003, 10:58 AM	#2
richd Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Edison, NJ, USA Posts: 125	It could be the tranny but it could be you're not always pulling the shifter completely into second during turns. Also...sometimes the dog teeth on the gear and the slider get beat up a bit from a bad shift (missing a gear, grinding, etc.). The gear and slider would engage fine except when aligned such that a nick on the slider tooth gets hung up on a nick on the gear tooth, preventing full engagement. Furthermore, the imperfections may interfere only during a downshift (syncros are speeding the gears up rather than slowing them down). I hope that makes sense, I'll try to explain it better if it doesn't. I still have the old gears from my rebuild, I'll try to pull them out and take pictures so you can see what I mean. Good luck, Rich D.