Gearbox locked!

[JH32]

Today I was having a little squirt against some dude in a rotary, and my gearbox "locked".

The gear shift came out of 1st alright, but then when I tried to select 2nd at around 6k rpm (roughly), it wouldnt go in. I tried 3rd, that wouldnt work either. I couldnt select ANY gear. I had to roll to a stop and then ram the gear stick into third with my foot on the clutch.

This is the second time it has happened ... first time was on Friday night. I had also just launched on that occassion and was attempting to change into 2nd.

What is causing this?

Any help would be muchly appreciated

[EnricoPalazzo]

Most likely u have selected 2 gears when attempting to change gears. What happens is the selector gets stuck between the 2 gears, and even thou u can move the shifter around, it wont select anything else. This happened to me and my gearbox locked up. I had to get it reconditioned cos it was stuck and wouldnt come out.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Could be a stuffed selector fork, if it happens again then take it to a gearbox specialist.

See'ya:burnout:

[blind_elk]

What's causing it? - squirting against rotaries and other cars!

BEFORE it happens again, get it to a gearbox specialist.

[predator]

you could try bashing it out, and it will probably come out eventually, but could 'cause bad damage to the rest of the box.. Doesn't sound to good - obvious question: do you have oil in there?

[MotoX]

this happened to me at about 150 woudlnt go into 4th. i slowed down till abotu 80 and ramed it in. i tried 5th but it didnt go into that, until i slammed it into 4th then everything was normal. its very strange.

only happned once for me. and if it ever does again it iwll be in the back in the workshop.

[PSIKO]

it's happened to him twice now - the first time was wierd ... after he pulled over and got the gear in, the shifting was REALLY easy, like it went into gears so much more 'loosely' than how it used to, and currently, does (and it engaging the gears as he tried moving forward and back etc)

off to g/box specialist then!

[JH32]

Yeah looks that way

ahh well cheers guys for the input

[GTS-t VSPEC]

JiMiH,

Let us know the outcome, will be interesting to find out what happened:D

See'ya:burnout:

[blakey]

I had a similar problem. Turned out to be the clutch pedal assembly breaking in 3 places so it wasn't engaging at all.

Cheers,

Blake

[JH32]

GTST Vspec : will do mate

blakey : I actually had that problem too! I got the thing rewelded so maybe something's happening there again.

I've got an exam tomorrow so I'll check it out after that and report back

[Cake]

JiMiH

this on sundays cruise? i was behind that RX3(i think), saw u 2 launch then u pulled over into UWA, i thought u wanted to hide after he left big snakeys at 60km/h when he changed into 2nd , he was lookin for u after that, couldnt work out where u went. that thing probably did low 12's at least.

my gearbox has also become very 'easy' to shift. its got a c's short shift kit, which always felt very tight (a bit too tight, felt had to use a bit of force esp when cold), i got redline shockproof put in my gearbox about 1-2 months ago, and it's pretty much eliminated any crunches i ever got, changing into 2nd from 1st, especially when it was cold. but just in the last few weeks its become really easy to shift, which is a good thing and no crunches ever now. let us know how yours goes.

[MattR]

Ive been having the same problem too. Especially 1st-2nd. It happened to me at the drags. Just wouldnt go int second, had to back right off and force it in.

[fatz]

slave cyliner

[JH32]

Originally posted by b005t

this on sundays cruise? i was behind that RX3(i think), saw u 2 launch then u pulled over into UWA, i thought u wanted to hide after he left big snakeys at 60km/h when he changed into 2nd , he was lookin for u after that, couldnt work out where u went. that thing probably did low 12's at least.

Chris yeah dude on Sunday haha

why was he looking for me? I was farken pissed about that gearbox I was almost ready to put a for sale sign on my car :bahaha: just kidding

fatz: tell me more! what could be wrong with my slave cylinder to cause this? Would be appreciative of the info

Cheers guys for your replies