Funny thing in a '02 Ford Explorer Sport 5-speed manual transmission
lidation
04-30-2007, 10:59 PM
Just looked at a '02 Ford Explorer Sport, 5-speed. 65K miles.
It drives pretty fine.
But when you put the shifter into any gear, say, 3rd gear, you can still wiggle the shifter lever 5 inches left to right. :uhoh: I have driven many other manual cars, like 3000GT, RX-7, BMW 3-series, but I have never met similar things. I thought that when you put the shifter into a gear, you can barely wiggle it.
I just don't know why this gear shifter could have that much free play even in gear. How could it be.
Is it normal?
It drives pretty fine.
But when you put the shifter into any gear, say, 3rd gear, you can still wiggle the shifter lever 5 inches left to right. :uhoh: I have driven many other manual cars, like 3000GT, RX-7, BMW 3-series, but I have never met similar things. I thought that when you put the shifter into a gear, you can barely wiggle it.
I just don't know why this gear shifter could have that much free play even in gear. How could it be.
Is it normal?
shorod
05-01-2007, 12:31 PM
Five inches of play, really? Keep in mind that the cars you mention have a much shorter shift lever, so if you translate the amount of play in those shift levers to the end of a lever 5 times as long (or longer), it probably comes out about equal. I'd say 5 inches of slop is not normal though.
-Rod
-Rod
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