Engine/Transmission (1994 - 1998) NV4500 weird issues, dealer awefull..

[Tmartin000]

Hello gents,



Love my CTD. But, after having some grinding noise in 5Th, I decided to cash in on that aftermarket warranty I bought. The dealer took the transmission apart (actually showed it to me) and found that my 5th gear nut had already been done, but that the noise was the bearings were worn with 165,000 miles on all original. So, he went ahead and removed the 5th gear nut and replaced with the same NEW 5th gear nut, rplaced bearings and he was done. The cost to me was $100 bucks for deductable. GREAT!! Like new trans..... I was excited!!



here in lies the problem, after a 200 mile trip 4 days after rebuild, the transmission sticks in 5TH! Had to be towed off the hway... . Anyway, dealer gets it a couple of days later after the weekend and says, "seems to be working fine now". I told him I wasn't taking possesion of that truck until that issue is resolved. What the heck happened to my newly rebuilt trans? Any ideas?



symptoms were: absolutely no way to physically move the gear shift out of 5th. The clutch was indeed disengaging the trans from the engine when depressed..... but still wouldn't let the 5th gear go.....





HELP!!



TJ

 

[Boomer II]

Don't let them put it back together without the mainshaft update. The "nut" fix ain't worth a damn, lost 5th three times with the "fix".

 

[baby.driver]

Did they change all the bearings?

I had noise in fifth that soon migrated to all the gears.

Got a new trans. from the warranty people.

 

[Tmartin000]

update....

Here's a quick update.....



I went ahead and bought the fully splined main shaft for 155. 60 at a local place in Portland. I was estatic about the price. BUT, the problem is likely to be another part too. I guess that there is a slider gear that can be sticking too. The good thing is that the transmission stuck in 5Th again this time the service manager was driving!! Thank God, now I feel like someone will take me more serious. I guess the slider was an update in 1994 as a TSB. . Of course my truck is a '97. The upgraded kit is $850. We are not confident that Dodge will pick-up that tab. So, hopefully the aftermarket warranty will. Dealer feels confident they will. I HOPE!!



I was jazzed about the updated shaft cost being so low.



TJ

 

[gitchesum]

Sounds like the 5th gear syncro assemlbly. Mine would do the exact same thing.





One of the syncro struts would hang up and would not let the 5th gear syncro hub slide into the syncro sleeve.



Here's a pic of what I'm talking about. Those three arrows point to the syncro struts.





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