[Shotimes] pinion rivet (was MTX Tranny Troubles )

[James White]

Was able to get PPlus to look at my tranny yesterday.  He had a cancellation
and was able to rip into the tranny and get everything back together in an
afternoon!

Doug found that I had a broken pinion rivet.  Apparently it worked loose,
caught on the case, broke, and then flung itself into the 1 - 2 shifter
fork.  This chunk of steel would bounce around, sometimes preventing first
or first and second engagement.

Doug replaced the blockers and synchros, but said that the replacement bolt
for the busted rivet is obsolete.  The other 9 rivets were all tight.  A
little worried that there could still be trouble down the road.

Wonder if anybody else has ever had a rivet break?

Guess that I just will have to be a little easier on fast starts and quick
shifts from now on...

Would have liked to have a quaiffe installed, but don't have that much extra
dough and would be reluctant to do it with all that many miles on the thing.
Looks like a quaiffe will have to wait for the next SHO.

Jim White - greensho@crown.net
Valparaiso, Indiana
'93  5 SPEED   275k few mods
'95  5 SPEED   225k lots of mods
"double clutch"  it's good for both you and your SHO

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neno Albert" <neno@sbcglobal.net>
To: <SHOtimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 2:07 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] MTX Tranny Troubles


> Hey Jim!
>
> Neno here. I agree with Ron. I have the identical
> problem with my trans at the moment.. along with quite
> a few other problems... But it seems to be a fluid
> problem that causes the hard shifting. Does the
> problem with getting into first cause it to move
> roughly 1/2 way through the shift pattern and just
> stop in it's tracks? But you can pull it back and slip
> it right into reverse? I usually just rev the engine a
> bit (1500rpms or so briefly) and am able to get 1st.
> None of my shifts feel smooth anymore. THere's a bit
> of effort to get into 1, 2, and 3, but 4 and 5 seem to
> be a ease to push into.
>
> Check the fluid and/or change it with some nice clean
> Redline, I believe everyones vote goes for the ATX
> version rather then the MTL.
>
> Neno
> '91 SHO - breaking around me.. must... fix..!!
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