OK. The woman said she was going about 50mph and it just revved like the clutch was pushed in. It didn't pop out of gear. She said it makes a wierd noise. All the other gears are ok. It has @130k on it. Fluid has been changed regularly. Can I just buy the $50 rebuild kit at Parts America and do a rebuild, or does it seem like I'm going to have to find what part broke and replace that? Any idea what part controls the 5th gear?
5th is usually the first to go on the AX5. If you have plenty of spare time and are very mechanically inclined, you can do the rebuild. I've never personally rebuilt an AX5 (just a T150), but I hear it is just about the worst one to take on. If it were me, it would be going to a tranny shop.
I've done to many car repairs. I'm in the middle of a 3000gt top end rebuild. I love 4 cam engines. I really haven't gotten into much more than this on this problem. Do I need any special tools for the tranny rebuild? If I buy a tranny somewhere, what models have that tranny? Cherkee have that? Thanks for the help.
could always upgrade to the ax-15(that's right isn't it) that backed the dakota with the 2.5L. a bit beefier than the ax-5 and if you're already switching, might as well upgrade!
seems like i saw an article for the swap and it wasn't that bad. just needed to steal a couple of other parts from the dakota and it was a pretty straight forward swap.
If you could find the article that would be an interesting read. I'm not questioning you, I'd just like to be as well informed as possible. Plus, I'm patiently waiting for my AX-5 to poop out and would like an option other than a SM465 or SM420.
I hear that the ax-5 has a clip that breaks\comes undone from 5th. Nephew of a friend told me he even tried to weld it. Didn't work.
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