T5 5th Gear Snapring Failure: What To Replace It With?
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T5 5th Gear Snapring Failure: What To Replace It With?
We are pretty sure the T5's 5th gear snapring failed. Question is: is there a beefier snapring we can replace it with?
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Re: T5 5th Gear Snapring Failure: What To Replace It With?
One that's not been re-used in a rebuild (and stretched out by overzealous expanding plier use) is a good start. You don't want to expand them anymore than necessary to remove them from the shaft. It's easy to over-open them. Bending them closed again may work, but a new one is cheap.
As for your question, you're kind of on your own to zombie-glaze over parts listings of lock-rings that might work and be stronger.
I've added a groove to a mainshaft of a T56 (to copy a later-model lock-ring add) but the T5 5th gear lock-ring shouldn't be much of an issue.
Oh and it sounds like you're trolling for info without having opened up the transmission. So have at it.
As for your question, you're kind of on your own to zombie-glaze over parts listings of lock-rings that might work and be stronger.
I've added a groove to a mainshaft of a T56 (to copy a later-model lock-ring add) but the T5 5th gear lock-ring shouldn't be much of an issue.
Oh and it sounds like you're trolling for info without having opened up the transmission. So have at it.
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Re: T5 5th Gear Snapring Failure: What To Replace It With?
That snap ring doesn't just "fail". 99.9999% of all T-5s go to their grave with it intact. Out of the dozen or so cores I've had, and the dozens of times I had to rebuild mine before I finally wised up and got rid of it, I have NEVER seen any such thing. Granted, I'm not saying "it doesn't exist"; only, it must be pretty darned rare, and certainly not the first "explanation" that should come to mind, for whatever "symptom" that's being observed.
See my signature for a thought process that applies to such situations.
As jmd hinted at, somebody could conceivably have BROKE it by working on it improperly, unlikely though it may be; but as we all know, a human can break just about anything by doing something wrong. They're amazing that way, these humans. A little history would help shed some light on this.
What is the car ACTUALLY DOING that makes you think that snap ring has "failed"?
See my signature for a thought process that applies to such situations.
As jmd hinted at, somebody could conceivably have BROKE it by working on it improperly, unlikely though it may be; but as we all know, a human can break just about anything by doing something wrong. They're amazing that way, these humans. A little history would help shed some light on this.
What is the car ACTUALLY DOING that makes you think that snap ring has "failed"?
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I researched my car's symptoms and apparently 5th gear snaprings fail quite regularly in the T5. So I wanted to know if there are beefier snaprings out there to replace it with.
Of course if it turns out that's not the issue, we'll move to plan B.
Of course if it turns out that's not the issue, we'll move to plan B.
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Re: T5 5th Gear Snapring Failure: What To Replace It With?
Well I hate to bring this one back from the dead but I'm having this same issue. Driving home from work today, I was going up a pretty steep hill in my 91 Camaro and 5th gear just disappeared. It shifts into 5th but nothing happens. 1st-4th is fine and it still goes into reverse . I called Paul from 5speeds.com and he himself said that the 5th gear snap ring does and can come off. So yeah, I'd like some info on a beefier ring myself lol
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Re: T5 5th Gear Snapring Failure: What To Replace It With?
Yup, back n the day I fixed waaaay to many T5s with the 5thgear clip broke or fallen off.
There is no need to power shift into 5th gear.. lol
There is no need to power shift into 5th gear.. lol
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Re: T5 5th Gear Snapring Failure: What To Replace It With?
I figured mine out. Here's a video I made.
https://youtu.be/CbbJn-AHLf4
https://youtu.be/CbbJn-AHLf4
Thank you.
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