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05-02-2009, 12:10 PM | #1 | |
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'98 Esteem 5 speed trans issues
First a little history,
I've been in the auto repair field for 30 plus years so I've rebuilt transmissions before. This manual trans is baffling me. I work for a courier company that has several Esteems in a fleet of about 50 cars. Two of the Esteems developed a trans howl in every gear. I replaced car #1 with a used trans and rebuilt the 5 speed that came out that car. I replaced the input shaft bearing and the rest of the internals (gears, syncros, bearings, detent balls, etc.) looked excellent. The rebuilt trans from car #1 was installed it into the car #2, and I rebuilt car #2 original trans for a spare. Well, car #2 began not to fully engage second gear unless you pulled back hard and held the shift lever in second. Downshifting into second worked fine. I replaced that trans with the spare I had rebuilt and now it's doing the same thing. Anyone have any experience rebuilding the '95 thru '98 Esteem 5 speed trans? Did I miss something? Any input would be appreciated before I find another used trans to put in the car. Used transmissions for these cars are not easy to find and are expensive. Thanks. |
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05-06-2009, 04:58 PM | #2 | |
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Re: '98 Esteem 5 speed trans issues
Fixed it.
The counter shaft rear bearing needed to be shimmed forward just a tad. Works perfectly now. I can't figure out how I missed that. Oh well. |
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