[Tech Q] Transaxle Stuck In 3rd Gear

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

I've found that during tranny assembly it is easy to overtravel the
3rd/4th selector sleeve towards 3rd gear enough so the detents will pop
out of their slots enough so the sleeve cannot be moved back into the
neutral position. This sound like what has happened although the only
way this could happen in an assembled tranny would be if a fork was
bent.
In any case it seems that tranny disassembly will be required.
Dan

peter wrote:
> 
> Car in question Jeff Smith's black '80 S with a JH and 2H or 4K
> transaxle...
> 
> It shifted fine, no grinding or anything abnormal... I downshifted to
> 3rd, and then it wouldn't come back out. I tried to manually shift it on
> the tranny, but I couldn't get it out of third.
> 
> I drove it back in third, and today I put a large prybar on the input
> selector shaft lever, and it will not disengage.
> 
> Any ideas or suggestions (before I pull the trans out) will be
> appreciated!
> 
> I'm thinking a broken synchro, or something internal...
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Peter
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Scirocco-l mailing list
> Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l