- Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:35 am
#219701
Hey guys, finally back into the eg game 
Picked up a rough eg6 about a week ago, and have done shitloads to get her to run right. But then lastnight, I had a full can and for the first time, it just slowly popped out of 5th gear on the highway. Now my mechaninc had done the work on it before to get it safe to drive and he mentioned that the gear linkage and the sump is pretty much touching the exhaust piping.
So I went back to him and told him about the 5th gear popping out, and he said that it's the linkage hitting the exhaust pipe. It can't be worn syncro because it doesn't crunch at all (first signs of worn syncro) and also it;s 5th gear. Usually it's the first 3 or 4 gears which is most likely to have been worn.
Has anyone else had this problem before? So rolling on the highway on 5th gear doing 100kph (60mph). And it just pops out gently, in say 2-3 minute intervals. Any recommendations on what to do?
Thanks,
Sean
Picked up a rough eg6 about a week ago, and have done shitloads to get her to run right. But then lastnight, I had a full can and for the first time, it just slowly popped out of 5th gear on the highway. Now my mechaninc had done the work on it before to get it safe to drive and he mentioned that the gear linkage and the sump is pretty much touching the exhaust piping.
So I went back to him and told him about the 5th gear popping out, and he said that it's the linkage hitting the exhaust pipe. It can't be worn syncro because it doesn't crunch at all (first signs of worn syncro) and also it;s 5th gear. Usually it's the first 3 or 4 gears which is most likely to have been worn.
Has anyone else had this problem before? So rolling on the highway on 5th gear doing 100kph (60mph). And it just pops out gently, in say 2-3 minute intervals. Any recommendations on what to do?
Thanks,
Sean
