C6 ZR1 Shift/Tranny issue
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C6 ZR1 Shift/Tranny issue
Back story, I was racing down open freeway in the 190mph range in 6th. All of a sudden, the car started losing speed and rpm's went up. As I slowed I shifted to 4th and everything seemed fine. Shifted back to 6th and there was no gear. Realized I had no gears at all other than 4th. I have an MGW shifter and can feel it shifting in to gears from the shifter it's self, but nothing out of the transmission. No funky odor, a week old clutch fluid change. I figure I should check linkage first. I know there is an adjustment under the shifter itself that can come loose. Is there another one under the car by the transmission?
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Here you go, and notice that only one gear is direct from input shaft on the left, to output shaft on the right when engaged, with the rest of the gears are through the secondary shaft instead.
Last edited by Dano523; Jan 7, 2020 at 12:43 AM.
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Dano523 is saying you broke something inside your transmission and I would agree.
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No noise.
So both of the linkage collars are fine. Next is to drop the tranny and look under the top plate to see if I broke the roll pin. I'm not doing this so off to the race shop it goes. Hopefully I will have a solid idea by this time next week.
So both of the linkage collars are fine. Next is to drop the tranny and look under the top plate to see if I broke the roll pin. I'm not doing this so off to the race shop it goes. Hopefully I will have a solid idea by this time next week.
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