Topic: Missing detent ball or broken spring

[83MT]

This is the diagnosis from a transmission shop on my tranny popping out of first. Is it a bad idea to keep driving it until I feel like pulling the tranny, or would that cause more damage? It's fine If I just hold it in first.

Also, I'll check my FSM tonight, but is it a pretty simple job to replace a detent ball & spring? I just rebuilt my transfer case and that was pretty straightforward, so I'm guessing this would be too, but I'm not sure. I mean simple aside from the pain of having to pull the transmission....

This is an L52HD.

[Bobby Hunter]

i know on the r150f the detent balls and springs are accessible from the outside you'll need a "magnetic finger"

[jimbo74]

based off your other thread, you might as well stop driving it and get it to marlins shop..... have you contacted anyone from the shop yet about it?

[83MT [OP]]

L52 it's not accessible without taking the tranny out. No, haven't talked with them yet but I'll be calling tomorrow if I get a chance. Won't be getting it to Marlin's shop, since I live in Montana. This is the crappy thing about getting a "modified" transmission...if there are issues (which there really shouldn't be so soon), it's going to be a bit harder to figure out what parts are right.

There's a chance that all my other noises and rumblings are other parts of the truck. I just rebuilt my t-case, and though I feel that I did everything right, it was my first one, so who knows, maybe I messed it up. But my tranny is definitely popping out of first, and neutral feels very strange right now. Sucks cause this is my DD and only vehicle.