GLCraig Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Well I'm pretty sure the 5-speed in my legacy finally took a dump the other day. Ever since I bought it, it had the fairly common 2nd gear syncro grind that's associated with the early legacy 5-speeds. Well untill sunday when it finally decited that it would not go into 2nd at all. The syncro will engage enough that it will grind when i release the clutch but It will not slip into gear. Every other gear is just fine so I don't suspect that it's a linkage issue. Anyway I guess that I'll be replacing it with a used one. Now dose anyone remember which year they made the changes to the 5-speed to elimate this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setright Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Weak main bearings were irridicated from 1991. The shift from 2nd to 3rd is slow and baulky on all Subes. Even my 2000 Imp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLCraig Posted April 21, 2004 Author Share Posted April 21, 2004 My problem is the 1st to 2nd shift. 2nd to 3rd is just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderhound Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 If you're tight for money I would try living with it. Just wind it out in first and jump to third. It does suck to not have 2nd though. Better would be to lose 1st or third. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myles Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Well I'm pretty sure the 5-speed in my legacy finally took a dump the other day. Ever since I bought it, it had the fairly common 2nd gear syncro grind that's associated with the early legacy 5-speeds. Well untill sunday when it finally decited that it would not go into 2nd at all. The syncro will engage enough that it will grind when i release the clutch but It will not slip into gear. Every other gear is just fine so I don't suspect that it's a linkage issue. Anyway I guess that I'll be replacing it with a used one. Now dose anyone remember which year they made the changes to the 5-speed to elimate this problem? Will it pop in if you double-clutch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLCraig Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 It will not pop in if I I double clutch. It won't even pop in if I'm just sitting with the engine turned off. The running 1st to near redline and dropping it into 3rd isn't a really good option with a legacy, the clutch will spin quite a bit and there isn't much left to the one I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLCraig Posted April 23, 2004 Author Share Posted April 23, 2004 Well somehow it magicaly fixed itself after a long blast up the freeway tonight. :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nug Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 God I love that! The rod bearings in my S-10 aren't magically fixing themselves, though. So I bought a Tacoma. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderhound Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 Interesting...I just ran 75 to 100 mph for 3.5 hrs non-stop and my clutch/linkage feels better than ever...hope its not a precursor to death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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