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Old May 10, 2009 | 01:19 PM
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My M21 has jumped out of 4th gear on a long down hill deceleration. This started last summer and has only happened 3 times so far. All the other gears seem fine. Would this be the syncro going bad?? Am I looking at a rebuild in the near future?? Trying to save for a new T45RS and I am reluctant to sink funds into the Muncie at this time.
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I usually find that jumping out of gear problems are misadjusted shifters,loose linkage or loose shifter mounting brackets.If its not fully in gear they will jump out. I would tighten everything up and go through the shifter adjustment procedure using the Muncie alignment tool.
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Could be a syncro, but I'd check the shifter first as DWncchs suggests.

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Originally Posted by DWncchs
I usually find that jumping out of gear problems are misadjusted shifters,loose linkage or loose shifter mounting brackets.If its not fully in gear they will jump out. I would tighten everything up and go through the shifter adjustment procedure using the Muncie alignment tool.
Could be the shifter stop bolt too.
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Old May 10, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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Also check the two engine mounts, and the tranny mount on the support.....look for cracks on the rubber...jack the engine or tail to be sure, if necessary....

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