Slipping out of gear

[Zipperfish]

Having some problems lately with my Savage slipping out of gear. Typically it happens after a large jump or climbing up a steep hill at high rpms. Just noticed it recently as I found a big drit mound to jump from, before I was running it on a lot of small jumps and flat dirt. I do have a reverse module installed, could this be the problem? When it does slip out of gear it's as if it was in neutral, like an automobile, and the engine just revs when I hit the gas. After a second or two I see the truck jump a little as something pops back into gear, like putting an automobile into drive on an automatic transmission. What could be causing this?

 

[RoadRunner]

check the engine mounting bolts or the mounts themselves. maybe something is broken or loose.if not, you need to open the tranny case...

 

[Error401]

The symptoms you stated indicate to me that there is something wrong with the shift linkage. I would reread and check the instructions on the servo arm length, functionality of the shift servo, the rubber bumpers on the link, and the adjustment of the clamp collars on the link. Sounds like it's just flopping into gear. The rubber bumpers (small pieces of fuel tubing) should be slightly compressed whenever it is in gear (either way).

Whitt...

 

[kwong2001]

Yep, it's something with the reverse module. The servo linkage is probably out of adjustment or...

I had a similiar problem, except I blew a gear in my reverse so it was constantly going into neutral, that may be your problem.

 

[vtjvt]

I had the same problem, take your tranny apart, there is a one way bearing in the tranny, clean the bearing, that is all I had to do to solve the problem.

 

[Zipperfish]

thanks for the advice. I removed the reverse mod this weekend and decided to take a bunch of other stuff apart and order parts. Point being I haven't tried it yet without reverse and won't be able to for about a week while I make my mods. will let you know if the problem is resolved