I had a similar problem with my 96 318 5-speed. At the end it was making
alot of noisie and was hard to shift. I have 113000Km, about 70 000 miles
I think, and it was the front bearing in the tranny, $90 labour and $105
parts (Canadian$). I do not have the reinstallation finished yet but the
bearing was in pieces when the tranny was hauled apart. Everything else in
the tranny was good, we will see when I get the truck on the road again.
Shawn Englehart
"Bernd D. Ratsch" wrote:
> I wouldn't put it past the sychro's in the transmission. Common cause
> of not going into gear or popping out.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net] On Behalf Of Killerdak@aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 12:58 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: uh oh, is it tranny or clutch?
>
> 140,000-ish miles on my 96 4x4 5-speed, original clutch, starting to
> have
> shifting difficulty--definitely more clunking and occasional grinding,
> especially when shifting into 2nd or 3rd...can't even shift into second
> at
> all when it is cold. "catches" a bit going into third. currently have
> mobil 1
> synth gear oil in tranny...question is, is this a sign of clutch or
> tranny
> failure? fluids are new and levels are good, maybe use different fluid?
> what
> is this a sign of? please tell me I don't need a tranny
> rebuild...thoughts?
>
> dave kilian
> 96 4x4 lifted and locked
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Fri Jun 20 2003 - 12:03:19 EDT