I have an a-body A833 with a Passon OD gearset. I just got it on the road last week, with basically everything from the radiator to the transmission replaced or rebuilt.
I drove the car (64 Barracuda) a couple of miles, and then into the garage. At some point I decided to push it forward for clearance, and realized I could not push it forward (in neutral with e-brake off), but I could push it backwards.
I finally tracked it down - it's the first-gear synchro ring. With the side cover off, and the driveshaft disconnected, when I try to rotate the driveshaft 'forward', it sticks, but if I separate the synchro ring from first gear, it rotates properly. If I keep rotating it, eventually the synchro ring will slip into the gear, and stick again. If I rotate the driveshaft 'backwards', it never sticks, and rotates freely.
I have no idea why, and no idea why it only sticks in one direction!
Any ideas? Should I just drive it, and figure the mass of the car and the power of the engine will force the syncro ring to slip, or will I break something if I try?
I drove the car (64 Barracuda) a couple of miles, and then into the garage. At some point I decided to push it forward for clearance, and realized I could not push it forward (in neutral with e-brake off), but I could push it backwards.
I finally tracked it down - it's the first-gear synchro ring. With the side cover off, and the driveshaft disconnected, when I try to rotate the driveshaft 'forward', it sticks, but if I separate the synchro ring from first gear, it rotates properly. If I keep rotating it, eventually the synchro ring will slip into the gear, and stick again. If I rotate the driveshaft 'backwards', it never sticks, and rotates freely.
I have no idea why, and no idea why it only sticks in one direction!
Any ideas? Should I just drive it, and figure the mass of the car and the power of the engine will force the syncro ring to slip, or will I break something if I try?