Who has broken a 6 speed?
#64
Sav,
Did you have a mazda shop fix your trans? It's looking like my cheap six speed gamble isn't paying off. It pops out of gear when I let off the gas under load. I can manage around town, but it means HPDEs are out of the question. Is this something that any competent shop can handle? Should I bring them a copy of my 6 speed shop manual?
Any advice on tackling this fix would be appreciated.
Did you have a mazda shop fix your trans? It's looking like my cheap six speed gamble isn't paying off. It pops out of gear when I let off the gas under load. I can manage around town, but it means HPDEs are out of the question. Is this something that any competent shop can handle? Should I bring them a copy of my 6 speed shop manual?
Any advice on tackling this fix would be appreciated.
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I had a normal shop do the work. It turned out fine as far as I can tell. I didn't replace much, just reverse gear and the 5/R shift fork.
A tranny cooler has been on my long todo list for a while now. Might be something I look into more closely now.
Jason, what clutch are you using in your car?
A tranny cooler has been on my long todo list for a while now. Might be something I look into more closely now.
Jason, what clutch are you using in your car?
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I believe we saw 240*f on Matt Andrew's car at Big Willow in 101* heat
I just talked to John and he said that the thermax sticker did not go over ambient like 100*f. I don't know if I believe that (sticker malfunction) so I'm going to test mine next weekend.
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#70
What would you do?
Put low mileage mystery 6-speed in the car? $600-$800
Sell my usable but obviously in need of help 6-speed ~ -$300
Just put money into current 6 speed and know that it's good ~ ?????? +$400 I have in it.
Anyone happen to put a caliper on the shifter ball? I'm trying to determine what year 6-speed shifter I have.
Put low mileage mystery 6-speed in the car? $600-$800
Sell my usable but obviously in need of help 6-speed ~ -$300
Just put money into current 6 speed and know that it's good ~ ?????? +$400 I have in it.
Anyone happen to put a caliper on the shifter ball? I'm trying to determine what year 6-speed shifter I have.
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I think the tranny noise I was getting was from the sprung disk the metal springs are smashed and loosely rattle around now when I inspected it. I’m wondering if a non sprung hub would be better just because there would be less slop. I suspect the torque level is just overwhelming those springs to the point they are not really absorbing shock but amplifying it sort of like a slide hammer. especially on my 1.6 size disk.
I wish stuff would stop braking on me so I could afford to buy some more cool bits.
Bob
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What would you do?
Put low mileage mystery 6-speed in the car? $600-$800
Sell my usable but obviously in need of help 6-speed ~ -$300
Just put money into current 6 speed and know that it's good ~ ?????? +$400 I have in it.
Anyone happen to put a caliper on the shifter ball? I'm trying to determine what year 6-speed shifter I have.
Put low mileage mystery 6-speed in the car? $600-$800
Sell my usable but obviously in need of help 6-speed ~ -$300
Just put money into current 6 speed and know that it's good ~ ?????? +$400 I have in it.
Anyone happen to put a caliper on the shifter ball? I'm trying to determine what year 6-speed shifter I have.
#76
haha i drifted with a 5spd and a 6spd blew them all just from putting down close to 300 at the rear wheels....they blew while under power too..i never blew them shifting i have only blown them just sliding in 3rd and then pop ...5 spds and 6 spds suck the only tranny from factory that holds power is the mazdaspeed 6 spd which has stronger gears