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4x4 Related Groups => Tech Talk => Topic started by: Wheelhop on December 02, 2008, 08:34:44 PM

Title: Shifting trouble
Post by: Wheelhop on December 02, 2008, 08:34:44 PM
I popped in some 2" spring spacers recently. When I took the jeep (2000 TJ) for a test drive there was some slight vibration at higher speeds. So I put some 1/2" spacers under the tranny skid plate. This solved the vibration, but now I'm having some trouble shifting into 2nd (manual) when the tranny is cold. I never had any shifting issues before this at all.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Title: Re: Shifting trouble
Post by: Marco on December 02, 2008, 08:53:00 PM
maybe your shift boot or body is the way when you try to shift.this happened to me after i spaced down skid plate(and really bad after body lift haha) mine was hard in reverse and fourth too so....... just a thought.
Title: Re: Shifting trouble
Post by: Wheelhop on December 02, 2008, 11:04:54 PM
So what did you do about it? I was kind of figuring it must be the rubber surround thing that the shifter goes through as it heads down to the tranny. I'm pretty sure its not the boot itself though.
Title: Re: Shifting trouble
Post by: boggincj7 on December 02, 2008, 11:15:43 PM
I know when I had my Tj after I put in the lift kit and the spacers for the tranny I had the same problem. All I had to do was pop out the shift boot ring so the boot was loose . That sovled my problem.
Title: Re: Shifting trouble
Post by: stroker sahara on December 02, 2008, 11:29:29 PM
You should address it asap as you could end up with transmission problems as I did. The tranny won't be engaging completely and cound wear out the gear and syncro prematurely.
Title: Re: Shifting trouble
Post by: Wheelhop on December 03, 2008, 08:54:20 PM
Cool, I'll try popping out that boot and see what happens.