Thanks for that great explanation. So it sounds like a sheared pin would cause the second gear to feel muddy, crunchy, clunky (however best to describe it). Did yours feel this way? From my understanding if the 1-2 slider hub is bad the car will grind nearly every time you shift the car. Or wont go into gear at all. My second question is how difficult is it to replace the pin in the second gear fork? Does this require a major pull apart of the trany? Or is it something thats fairly easy to reach? Mahalo, Alex Here is my understanding of how the 1st/2nd shift fork/rod/sliding hub work after seeing it when I replaced MY sheared off roll pin... To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/