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YOUR RESEARCH2nd Gear Detent Fix
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Use extraction
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I was getting nowhere fast with the magnet - too much resistance, but there is a hole bored through the center of the detent, which can be used for extraction.
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Drained the fluid and used a neodymium magnet with massive pull force.
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Seal your air gun in the fill hole and pulse it a couple times.
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So are you back on the road and things running normally after the indent job?????????
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I was getting nowhere fast with the magnet - too much resistance, but there is a hole bored through the center of the detent, which can be used for extraction.
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The Gbox detent worked for me, when I first bought my 99 last year with 117K miles, it was popping out of second a lot, very anoying.
My 99 has 76,000 miles and while second gear is not popping out, first gear started to. Did a little looking and found a few people with same issue and the Gbox detent worked to solve the issue for some. Well, I figured it a cheap way to start. If it works...great, if not...rebuild. It seemed easy enough, and even though the workspace is tight, I managed to get the detent cover off. Now the detent won't come out. I have contact with a magnet but not even budging. The guys at gbox said to heat it up. I've tried and maybe just not got it hot enough. Torched it for a while and the bottom of the transmission was very warm to the touch so it had to be very hot where I needed it to be. Not hot enough??? Anyone else have this problem and found a solution? I feel so defeated after struggling forever on getting the cover off!!!
I did the 2nd gear detent with Ferd (redridge) and had a tough time. Reason is that there is vacuum with the tranny fluid with the detent that makes it difficult for you to just use any magnet. You can either drain the tranny fluid to a lower level so you can get at it easier or try your luck with a more powerful magnet. It took Ferd over an hour to get it out.
Thanks, I'll try with the tranny fluid drained. I was planning on changing, anyway. The guys at gbox said to use heat b/c it might have some residue (teflon, I think he said) and heat would burn or melt it off. Chsu74, did Ferd have the tranny out or in the car when removed and how did he finally get it out?
Finally got the detent out! Air gun proved worthless...that thing was stuck. Drained the fluid and used a neodymium magnet with massive pull force. Lift a little with the magnet, push back down, repeat...about a thousand times. Seriously, I worked until hand got too cramped and would come back later. After 4 days of work it came out. chsu74, thanks for letting me know how hard it was but that it could be done. I would have thrown in the towel, otherwise. Let's hope this solves my problem.
So far, so good. Put about 30 miles or so on tonight with plenty of stopping and shifting from neutral to first. No pop outs to report. My wallet is happy...for now.
I did the 2nd gear detent fix on my wifes 996. 2nd gear was popping out like crazy when cold. I used my own detent (not the Gbox one) and it does help. If your synchros are bad obviously the detent won't fix your transmission issues but as far as the pop-out goes it definitely helped.
The Gbox detent worked for me, when I first bought my 99 last year with 117K miles, it was popping out of second a lot, very anoying. After installation of Gbox detent have not had the problem since. I now have 126K on the car.
It was difficult to get the old detent out. By manually working the shifter back and forth at the transmission it came out enough to get some plyers on it and wiggle it out the rest of thee way.
Here's a tip for extracting the old detent if you have the tranny in the car and you are working from underneath.
I was getting nowhere fast with the magnet - too much resistance, but there is a hole bored through the center of the detent, which can be used for extraction.
Get a hanger or thin steel rod, cut to about five inch length, and put a sharp bend in it about an inch from the end. Then cut the wire at the bend so that there is a slight bur on the tip from the bend. Test it on your new detent to verify that it will grab. Bend the other end of the wire 90 degrees, toward the first bend so you can get a good grip on it when you push the old detent out. So the wire will now be in the shape of an "L". Now insert the burred end of the wire all the way through the detent, hook the burred end, and it will pull (push from your point of view) out like a wine cork, only easier...
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