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Hi everyone, im new here but i would really appreciate some help. i posted
this in repairs/maintenance section also but thought it might belong here?
sorry?
I have a 2001 cavalier coup standard transmission.
Today on my way home, I came to a set of lights and popped from 4th to
neutral.... but i have this habit of keeping the clutch in anyways... so
the light turns green and throw it into first and begin to take off... at
first i thought i was in 3rd so i tried again to go into first.. stalled...
oops... so now traffic is building up so i say F*CK it, my clutch can take
a little burn.. got going no problem and surprisingly didnt have to stop
all the way home..... now im screwed though.
Shifter moves freely up and down.I have checked the shift cables and all
linkages... seems good to me... moves the levers on the transaxle
anyways..... i have no idea whats going on and im scared its something
serious. my question is....... the lever that is moving freely appears to
be rotating on the shaft that reciprocates in and out with the side to side
movement of the shifter. So, should that lever be fixed to that shaft and
cause it rotate?? it doesnt appear to do anything but rotate on its own...
so my assumption is that it is supposed to be fixed to that shaft?? am i on
to something or can someone give me an informed opinion?
thanks in advance!
-Dan
PotGod
I'm not sure I understand from your description what the levers are doing.
A few pictures might help.
Another suggestion would be to get a good repair manual such as a Haynes ad
flip to the transmission section to see if it shows anything.
Does reverse work?
Also, you shouldn't double post. your questions will not get answered any
faster. And will ultimately upset the very people that can offer the most
help.
There are others here that may have more intimate knowledge of your
problem. Just wait and they will answer if they have useful input.
corbett_auto
first let me address the double post. i apologized.. i wasnt sure where
things went... again sorry. if people are going to be upset about such a
silly thing in this community then maybe its not for me.
Second, sure pictures would be great... it just happened earlier in the
evening and i was out friggin around with it til dark.. not sure pictures
would turn out when its dark... ill get some tomorrow first thing
though.
I have a hayne's manual there zip on tranny issues.
does reverse work? I thought i was pretty clear but ill try to explain this
again;
the car is stuck in 4th... i cannot change gears at all... not to neutral,
not to reverse. its a Getrag 5-speed not sure which one. There are 2 cables
coming from the shifter, one moves with side to side movement of the
shifter and pulls the shaft in and out on the transaxle under hood.
The other cable is the one moving freely, its moves with up and down
(forwards and backwards?) movement of the shifter and moves a lever that is
on the same shaft as the other cable under the hood. This second lever
rotates on the shaft that is moving in and out of the transaxle.
PotGod
cable C responds to to left and right movements of shifter. this pulls
shaft A in and out.
cable B is the one that appears to move freely... the up and down throw on
the shifter. the lever you can see in the picture appears to rotate freely
on the shaft A. should this make the shaft turn or what?? someone that has
seen these getrags must know... or someone that has a standard cavalier or
sunfire could easily see what im talking about with a quick look under the
hood.
PotGod
I agree and think that the shaft should turn. But this is a guess. Can you
see a set screw or some other sort of attachment that may have come loose?
Have you tried to remove the cables and look at the shaft? Does the manual
discuss cable replacement or adjustment (this may give some insight)
corbett_auto
hmm yes this what i have been thinking but i wanted someone that knew for
certain... i cant get a good look to see if theres a set screw or
anything... it does seem very loose though and wobbles around on that shaft
rather precariously.... i dont have a mirror or anything to take a good
look.... i suppose ill just start ripping things out tomorrow to take a
better look.. rained all day today so it didnt happen already.... thanks
for your response... ill check the manaul.. it does mention cable removal
so maybe i can get a idea as how the linkages are supposed to move....
again thanks...
still open to some input from anyone, thanks!
PotGod
Eureka!
after an extensive search... and i do mean extensive... i was able to find
very valuable information from a not-so-conventional source.... after
googling the sh*t out of this transmission i came across an ebay link to
this tranny for sale... well the pictures were great as you can see... that
sure looks like a set screw on the bottom of that lever... must be
underneath ang out of my view... ill have to rip the air box and junk out
to get at that for sure... alright i think im set for tomorrow.
PotGod
well got to the lever... its not a set screw.. its a sheared spring pin..
got a new one today but its a b*tch to get in... the hole through the shaft
seems smaller than the one on the lever which is making lining it up a
pain... well im gonna get back out there and work on it
PotGod
Good luck! let us know how it all works out.
corbett_auto
the hole in the shaft isnt smaller... theres still the center piece of the
spring pin stuck in there! i spent hours trying to get it out.... cant get
in there good enough to get a pin punch on it square.... and not much room
to give it a good whack..... any ideas???
PotGod
drill it out and put a bolt through it
glagon1979
i wish you would have read the rest of the post before offering
suggestions. If i could get a drill on it i would be able to drive it out
with a punch.
anyways i figured it out a couple of days ago. Went to drill a hole through
wheel well to get at it. took off my wheel and saw that a hole was already
there. problem solved. she came out first smack.
PotGod
