Ok. help me out. This is driving me nuts.

Have a T5 + VSS for an 89 firebird. This is the magnetic VSS, not the optical one.

Looks like it takes the same gear as the optical one in picture #1 here.

How does the red gear in picture #2 slide over this VSS, since it takes the small gear shown in picture #1?

The Camaro went from cable straight to optical, but the firebird went cable, magnetic, optical. Were ALL the gears the same? Wtf..

-- Joe

 

Looks like you have cable stuff on the right, VSS stuff on the left.

You just need a VSS gear. The cable gears won't work.

http://www.transmissioncenter.net/sp...n_______va.htm

About ¾ of the way down the page.... do a text search on the page for "t5dv"

 

Yeah they don't have them anymore. They say a th350 gear will fit = which it will fit a T5 with cable speedo since its the 1pc plastic gear (the red one in the right pic) but I need the small vss gear only that slides on the shaft.

I ordered a part # from the dealer, 3987920, but not sure what its going to be when it shows up.

-- Joe

 

Ok that part # didn't work. patc doesnt have 'em, and GM says they are discontinued.

Anyone know where I can get a 19 or 20 tooth gear for my vss ?

-- Joe

 

well go to a different GM dealer b/c i just got mine fixed 3 months ago. i ordered gears just in case but i did not need them. They exist. the dealer has to ship them in from either motor city or somewhere else. good luck!

 

You sure? I've got a commercial account with my dealer, and he checked the part #s I had from TGO and they came back as discontinued.

What was the part # you looked up?

-- Joe