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Old 11-21-2005   #5
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Re: First gear is jacked.. need some help

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Originally Posted by EclipseGST
How do you figure? It could be a number of things... Bent shift fork, bent shift rail, bent/twisted synchro, bent imput shaft, or a broken gear. I'd put money on the synchro fucking up (since its brass and soft as hell) before the gear does on a pretty much stock GSX. Either that or a bent shift fork/rail would be my next guess if its internal. Make sure nothing is interfearing with your shifter linkages first then start to look for other things internal.
Mo is right. A synchro doesn't do anything to keep the tranny in gear, it just makes it easier to go into gear. Never seen or heard of a shift rail or synchro twisting. Input shaft doesn't have anything to do with shifting. The 2 gear faces are probably just wore down and don't have enough contact surface anymore and are popping out. Either that or the shifter linkages are not adjusted correctly or the cables are loose.
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