4wd gearshift vibrates with engine rpm

[xboxrox]

Hello Suprabrew & KUDOS to you 'n WV Senator Joe Manchin

Wished I could rebuild a transmission OR at least find the parts 'n seals to keep it clean ~ FWIW Royal Purple 90W (?) gear oil helped my 5 speed tranny shift smoother & made the front input shaft bearing a little less noisy... I been emailing MitsubishiPartsCentral in Texas asking them to obtain as many transmission seals 'n software parts as possible BUT SO FAR they been kicking the can down the road (my regular MPC parts guy Gary just retired...)

I had a dream of removing my tranny to clean 35 years of grime off 'n paint it 'n reinstall ~ but renting one of these in Hawaii with delivery & pickup is about $500.00 one day RENT THIS: https://www.govdeals.com/index.cfm?f...0&acctid=19807

Shipping that sucker to Hawaii would be at least $2,000.00 maybe double..?

geezer came up with a great idea to stop the oil grime sludge forming on my tranny coming from the torn shift lever bellows rubber piece under the floorboard... geezer said McGiver a front wheel drive universal boot to fix the shift lever broken rubber part... geezer is good all the time...

OK CYA
George

[Suprabrew]

I am over 60 Y.O. and had always been terrified by ANY thought of opening a tranny. Maybe Ghostbuster monsters would come flying out and eat me alive. Who knows?. I had little to lose so I tried it. 'Tain't no big deal. Imperative to have factory shop manual or equivalent before starting and websurf until your eyes bleed before beginning.

I couldn't stop at just one so I rebuilt the tranny from my 4WD also. No problems, except the second time I over-tightened the final main shaft bolt and that prevented the gears from floating free (in neutral) so it didn't have a neutral. It would creep forward in neutral. So I had to pull it out again even before I put fresh lube in. Douwwh! I work outside and have to crawl on my belly like a reptile in the dirt when underneath the vehicle without any help; so 'pulling twice rebuilding once' was no fun. Plus, all those new gaskets I lovingly set with sealer, etc. had to be torn off and replaced in the the second attempt.

Of course, I would never open an automatic tranny because I am sure that Ghostbuster monsters WOULD come flying out and eat me alive in my dreams if I even thought about doing that....then again....

[Suprabrew]

George, the tranny came from under the 4WD caked with gunk worse as i have EVER seen on any vehicle. The engine and engine bay were just as bad. The truck had been run with useless front and rear engine crankshaft oil seals until the driver finally forget to add oil to the crankcase while checking the fuel level (hehe, old Oklahoma driver joke) and seized the engine, ruining the crank, block and chewing the timing gears to confetti. It took q lot or gasoline and elbow grease to get the tranny case and engine bay back down to the level of the original paint.

One of those high-flutin' hot water steam cleaners would have been helpful, but it was so bad that scraping with putty knife would have still been required.

Yea, I am not native to WV and don't know what to make of Joe Manchin. All politicians are traitors these days, even the best of them should be drawn and quartered then fed to the hogs. Don't get me started on Jews LOL.

[Suprabrew]

George, if I remember correctly, this is where I got the tranny rebuild kits for both the 2WD and 4WD vehicles:

https://www.drivetrain.com/parts-cat...d-overhaul-kit

I originally found them on EBay. Good kits with good bearings. I didn't buy the more expensive kits with synchronizers, etc. Didn't need them and have no regrets about that.

[Suprabrew]

George, The only two issues with the tranny rebuilds are (were) that the "stepped" input bearing isn't available anymore / anywhere, neither Heaven or Hell has one. Second, that bearing needs a specialty bearing puller. I think I paid over $200 for that tool, used it twice, now it sits pretty in its cardboard box. That was the only 'special' tool I needed in the rebuilds.

I did have to buy an allen head socket that fit a ratchet wrench.