I just went out and tested it and it wont go into gear even when the truck
is stopped and off. Its gotten worse in the past few days to where its at
the point if I put it into 3rd it as soon as I let the clutch out it pops
out of gear and if I hold the stick there it will then grind the gear and
eventually pop in, this happens on both the upshift and downshift. I've got
an appointment at the dealer on Wednesday so for now I'm just trying not to
drive anywhere and if I do not to use third gear. What exactly is double
clutching? I've heard the term before but I'm not sure what it means...
Chris
01 RC 4x4 V8 5 speed minus 3rd
>From: "Will Coughlin" <willcoughlin@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: 5 speed problem
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 19:55:02 -0500
>
>Chris, my truck has ground second on a couple of occasions, mainly the
>first
>shift in the morning while it's extremely cold out. Never ground 3rd, but
>my
>2nd sounds similar to what you're experiencing. Have you tried
>double-clutching it to see if it makes th problem worse or better? If you
>are sitting still and try to go to 3rd, does it have the same problem? When
>you go to push it into 3rd, does it feel like it has some resistance or
>none
>and it just hits the gear? If it has no resistance against it, the synchro
>may be completely gone. What about a downshift? Same symptoms? Any odd
>noises, excessive grinding/whining while driving in 3rd gear? Just some
>??'s
>you might consider. Let us know some more symptoms. HTH,
>
>Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
>'00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/NV-3500HD5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
>http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: "Chris Lang" <langerdak@hotmail.com>
>
>
>I'm having a problem shifting into 3rd gear in my truck. First off the
>truck is a 01 RC 4x4 V8 manual with the 3.92 axle. The truck has 8500
>miles
>on it currently and just started to grind loudly when I shift it into third
>gear. It doesn't happen everytime but it does happen quite often, it seems
>to be based on rpm and speed from what I can tell. When I'm driving like
>granny it does not happen but when I really get on it it'll do it more
>often. At first I thought it was due to not having the clutch in all the
>way. But after doing it several times when I was absolutely positive I had
>the clutch pedal fully depressed it still did it. Has anyone had this
>happen to them before? It's starting to piss me off because I dont want to
>ruin my tranny or clutch. Any insight would be helpful. I'm still covered
>under warantee but is this somthing that the dealer would fix or just say
>its my fault because "I cant drive a 5 speed"?
>
>
>thanks,
>
>Chris
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