weazel
5th gear killer
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- May 14, 2008
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After finally getting my airdog situation figured out, I took the truck out to my ranch to use it to pull an old travel trailer off my property. Stuck the truck in 4lo, and worked just fine, but had a feeling I might have some issues with it later on.. And sure enough, my wife and I were heading out of town yesterday to go pick up some stuff, and driving about 65, in 6th gear, all of a sudden it sounded like I stripped teeth in the trans!
Pulled over and stuck the shifter in each gear, felt ok. So turned around and started heading home to get the other truck. Got 2 miles down the road, and same thing happened. But while coasting to the side of the road, I attempted to down shift through each gear, but it yielded the same response, free rev, no gear.
Got pulled over and switched it into 4hi and hammered down. The truck didn't do that again, but I kept it in 4hi till we got to the house.
When I did the conversion from g56-auto-nv5600, I had a similar issue going to the 5600. I had pulled the transfer case apart and saw I had one piece installed wrong so fixed it. Then went through the whole, "I am going to attempt to lock into 4wd on my own" phase. Got that figured out, but NOW it seems as if it's slipping itself into neutral.
Being that this thing is electronically actuated, is there a way to get this to stop? Maybe extra grounding somewhere I could install?? Any advice?
Pulled over and stuck the shifter in each gear, felt ok. So turned around and started heading home to get the other truck. Got 2 miles down the road, and same thing happened. But while coasting to the side of the road, I attempted to down shift through each gear, but it yielded the same response, free rev, no gear.
Got pulled over and switched it into 4hi and hammered down. The truck didn't do that again, but I kept it in 4hi till we got to the house.
When I did the conversion from g56-auto-nv5600, I had a similar issue going to the 5600. I had pulled the transfer case apart and saw I had one piece installed wrong so fixed it. Then went through the whole, "I am going to attempt to lock into 4wd on my own" phase. Got that figured out, but NOW it seems as if it's slipping itself into neutral.
Being that this thing is electronically actuated, is there a way to get this to stop? Maybe extra grounding somewhere I could install?? Any advice?