so i was driving about 30 minutes ago and im making a pull from 2nd gear and just testing my new ingalls. well, when i shift into third i feel a weird pop feeling. now my shifter wont shift into any gears and it stays in that one gear. the stick just feels like a limp dick. it only moves up and down. it moves really far up and really far down.... am i screwed? help please

i would say that your cable came loose from the shifter...check that...

even though i cant move side to side? is that a cable problem?

...the cable could be in the way of the other one moving...

it sounds like a cable problem just because you can move it so far forward and back...idk what else would do that...hopefully its not in the box where the cables connect to the tranny...that would suuuuuck

damn, dont say that. i wonder how much that would cost to fix that. but why cant i move it left to right??

..i dont even wanna think about how much it would cost to fix it at the tranny..lol! ...the plastic socket could have come un-done from the ball of the shifter, that would cause a loud pop...and possibly get in the way of you moving it left to right....or the same thing could have happened at the other end of the plastic piece and it could be lodged somewhere in the depths of that god forsaken shifter hole...lol...can you move it left or right at all?? even a little??

nope. and when i try to the there is a plastic thing on the side that wants to move up and down when i do. i wish i was back at home so i could post a vid

...well...what i would do, if you have the tools...its rip it apart, its not that hard, and see if anything is out of the ordinary...if not then you have more serious problems...


..by the way..nice rims..what are they?? i think they would look nice on my black ss/sc

luffs. the only ones made and made for this car. trying to buy them?

..lol...ive just been in the market for some rims...im getting tired of the stock look!

..and i was thinking...if its still in gear theres a good chance that its causing the movement from left to right to be blocked...so i would check that cable for sure!

yea, makes sense. that make me feel better. so i just need torx wrench to take off the plastic covering to get to the cables? i guess i will have to look up a how to or something

yeah...there is a decent how-to on this....all you should need is the torx, you should not have to remove the ball or the socket to check the cables....it only takes about 10 minutes.

wtf, i wonder if anyone else has a problem with there cables coming off and fast shifts. maybe im too strong for it?...

..did you take the plastic piece off the cable, or did you do it at the ball joint??

i havent taken a look yet. what is the difference in seriousness?

Sounds like just the cable came loose or is not attached properly to the shifter assembly.

after a hard shift... how does it come loose?

It may never have been attatched properly from the start. How long ago did you put the B&M in?

had the same problem my car shifter would go up and down lets just say thank god they warrantied it for me because it would of been a huge money issue they towed the car where it sat good luck

It may never have been attatched properly from the start. How long ago did you put the B&M in?

it hasnt been driven but 3500 miles

had the same problem my car shifter would go up and down lets just say thank god they warrantied it for me because it would of been a huge money issue they towed the car where it sat good luck

why did they have to tow it? how did that happen to you?

it hasnt been driven but 3500 miles

Hmmmm... I dunno then man. After I installed my Hurst shifter, I went to test drive it around the block and when shifting into 3rd gear, I had the same thing happen that you explained. It turned out that the cable came loose. But this was just a matter of a couple miles.

did you shift hard like i did?

No it was just your typical shift, not launching or anything, just making sure that everything was installed properly.

well, dammit. i hope im not screwed. i will have to see tomorrow then i guess

Best of luck with everything man.

Best of luck with everything man.

hahaha, yea, i'll need it

i just fixed it!! not a sweat. i took some pictures so im going to make a how to right now and how to reinstall it in case someone else make a really hard shift like i did

So what was the problem then? Cables loose?

the shift vertical shift cable ball link came off the the end of the shifter and the shift cable!

i just finished my how to on this. hopefully it helps people out!!
how to: reattach cable link to shifter

well idk where we are at determining what the problem is but i jus found this.

http://www.cobaltss.net/forums/showthread.php?t=88966

Glad to hear that you got it fixed and that it wasn't something more major.