AlpineII
Donation Time
Spring came unusually early to this part of the Great White North this year which means getting out in the Beam. With a forecast of 28c for today 20c higher than normal the chance for a good drive wa sin the air. Filled the tank and I was off!
Going through some local hills I stopped at a lookout to enjoy the view. When getting back on the road for some reason second gear seemed to be a wall, I don't usually miss shifts. Since the car was gaining momentum (going down hill) I just went for third. Seemed to slide into third but it didn't feel right. When I went to go into fourth the stick shift was just falling all over the place. Man!!!
Pulled the car over and the stick was fallen over to the right. Pulled up the carpet and the gear shift surround and you could see the top cover for the gear shift was loose, just falling from side to side. I took the cover plate off with my Swiss Army kife, no tools in the car, and sure enough you can see the top gear cover plate is broken off.
Metal fatigue? Not sure but bottom line is it's broke right in two. Do I have to take the transmission completely out to change that top plate or can I simply drop the tail end of the tranny?
Does this part break often or is this an unusual part to fail?
Going through some local hills I stopped at a lookout to enjoy the view. When getting back on the road for some reason second gear seemed to be a wall, I don't usually miss shifts. Since the car was gaining momentum (going down hill) I just went for third. Seemed to slide into third but it didn't feel right. When I went to go into fourth the stick shift was just falling all over the place. Man!!!
Pulled the car over and the stick was fallen over to the right. Pulled up the carpet and the gear shift surround and you could see the top cover for the gear shift was loose, just falling from side to side. I took the cover plate off with my Swiss Army kife, no tools in the car, and sure enough you can see the top gear cover plate is broken off.
Metal fatigue? Not sure but bottom line is it's broke right in two. Do I have to take the transmission completely out to change that top plate or can I simply drop the tail end of the tranny?
Does this part break often or is this an unusual part to fail?