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re: pops out of 4th gear

To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: re: pops out of 4th gear
From: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 98 19:56:52 EST
Reply-to: CONAN@RALVM8.VNET.IBM.COM
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
>>from Randell..
>>;Could be a weak retaining spring (behind a plunger).  My old Sprite
>>used to do this bigtime; (angled) wear on the gear dogs can cause it to
>>happen.  I fixed it for a while by reversing the 3rd/4th shift collar (or
>>whatever the correct name is), so that the wear would be shifted from
>>4th-under-power to 3rd-under-coast.  That worked for a while, but
>>eventually the problem came back.  (Note that 4th was unusable before I did
>>
  So is there an actual fix?  Other than an expensive rebuild?
  Just replace the spring?  Replace the gear dogs? (can they BE replaced?)
  Mine jumped out at odd times too (back when it was running).
        Ed

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