C5 6sp Transmission woes....................

[gmjunkie]

Transmission Go Boom!~!!

Cruising to my sisters Christmas day rolling about 65 in 5th with the cruse engaged on US 63 in NE Missouri,started up a slight grade and BANG!~!!
No more 5th and 6th,It was so loud that I was looking in the rear view for parts hitting the pavement!eek:eek

NOT GOOD.............I think the Bull Gear Jumped the Heifer Gear!~!!

Nothing that a new output shaft,5-6 driven gear,5-6 drive gears,5-6 synchronizer,reverse gear,rev synchronizer, a few bearings and c clips wont fix!~!!

 

[LT4man]

Sorry to hear about your transmission woes.

Any idea why this happened?

After repairing your six-speed, please be sure to SAVE the WAVE!

 

[Toms007]

Oh Junkie, that hurts just looking at the pictures. What caused it? Any idea? Do you know a good mechanic who can fix it? (Yea I know, Smart-arse)

 

[navy2kcoupe]

GREAT Christmas present..........a rebuilt 6 speed!
Sounds like a winner to me, son

"Dad"

 

[gmjunkie]

Any idea why this happened?

What caused it? Any idea?

Yeah,Look at the first photo at the top of the splines,The C clip at that location was not seated properly and wore out the groove in the shaft then letting the 5-6 driven gear to slide for and aft on the shaft during acceleration and deceleration wearing out the splines on the shaft and in the gear!

 

[LT4man]

Amazing how such a small piece which is not exactly in the correct position can cause major catastrophic failure many years and miles down the road!

Good luck with your repair!

After repairing your Tremec transmission, please be sure to SAVE the WAVE!

 

[gmjunkie]

Do you know a good mechanic who can fix it? (Yea I know, Smart-arse)

Yeah,I got 4 of the Area Vocational Technical Center's top students and 1 belligerent old bastard working on it!~!!

I've taken lots of photos,I'm working on it at the Vo-Tech School I graduated from in 1972!~!

The Auto Technologies Instructor and I graduated in the first class the school ever produced after being built,and are Old Gear Head Buddy's from go kart racing days before that!~!!

 

[LT4man]

That first picture reminds me of Chicago street crews! :L

I do not want to tell you what the second picture reminds me of!

 

[gmjunkie]

That first picture reminds me of Chicago street crews! :L

I do not want to tell you what the second picture reminds me of!

Two of the guys were back in the back taking the mufflers off,But the camera man farted!~!!

 

[navy2kcoupe]

That first picture reminds me of Chicago street crews! :L

I do not want to tell you what the second picture reminds me of!

A Chicago "street walker" ?????? :L
Andy

 

[Toms007]

Glad to see you got someone who knows what's going on. :L

 

[6 Shooter]

Junk - Glad ta see your having fun back @ school...

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[Mark Watkins]

Just seen this. Was wondering what yuo ended up finding. I also graduated from vocational auto shop in 72.

Mark

 

[gmjunkie]

Just seen this. Was wondering what yuo ended up finding. I also graduated from vocational auto shop in 72.

Mark

Killed..........

Main Shaft
5-6 Driven Gear
5th Speed Gear
5th Speed Gear Bearing
5th Gear Friction Cone
5th Gear Blocking Ring
6th Speed Gear
6th speed Gear Bearing
6th Gear Friction Cone
6th Gear Blocking Ring
5-6 Synchronizer Hub Assembly
Reverse Gear
Reverse Gear Bearing
Reverse Gear Synchronizer Assembly
Reverse Gear Blocking Ring

And a few Miscellaneous Retainers,Bearings and Seals,I also went ahead replaced the bearings and bushings in the torque tube and up graded the clutch to a LS7 clutch!


After the parts bill,My Wazoo is extremely sore!~!!

 

[Mark Watkins]

Killed..........

Main Shaft
5-6 Driven Gear
5th Speed Gear
5th Speed Gear Bearing
5th Gear Friction Cone
5th Gear Blocking Ring
6th Speed Gear
6th speed Gear Bearing
6th Gear Friction Cone
6th Gear Blocking Ring
5-6 Synchronizer Hub Assembly
Reverse Gear
Reverse Gear Bearing
Reverse Gear Synchronizer Assembly
Reverse Gear Blocking Ring



And a few Miscellaneous Retainers,Bearings and Seals,I also went ahead replaced the bearings and bushings in the torque tube and up graded the clutch to a LS7 clutch!




After the parts bill,My Wazoo is extremely sore!~!!

At least the labor was cheap.

Mark

 

[gmjunkie]

At least the labor was cheap.

Mark

The good news is my transmission is back together and works flawlessly!
Put the car up on the rack and aligned it this morning and it runs and drives like new!

The bad news is ,Some A$$hole hit it in the parking lot and did $1700.00 in damage and left the scene!

 

[Mac]

It doesn't rain but it pours!!

-Mac

 

[Mark Watkins]

Bummer.

Mark

 

[gmjunkie]

It doesn't rain but it pours!!

-Mac

Yeah Mac,It seems so.
I could have done this work at home,But I was ask to do it at the school and I wanted to help young technicians learn.
Between this,dead beat customers and incompetent parts people,It's just almost to the point that I don't give a Rats Pa-toot if everybody has to ride a bicycle!~!!:eyerole:eyerole:eyerole

 

[LT4man]

What a pain in the butt!

Maybe someone saw the person who hit your Vette. Might need to do some detective work.

No Wave Saving for the time being!