[Public-list] reversing gear (A4)

George Dinwiddie gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
Mon Aug 28 20:29:37 PDT 2006


Patty J wrote:
> George,
> Yes, I have checked the shaft and it turns easily while in neutral.  I
> also adjusted the shifter cable and it worked sorta okay the first
> couple of times I tried to go into forward and reverse.  But now it just
> makes a gut wrenching whining grinding noise and then the engine conks
> out.

If it's the transmission, then I fear something has broken loose and is 
jamming it.  The "gears" on the Atomic 4 are friction.  They could slip, 
but not stall the engine.


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