So my transmission officially went on my car monday night going home from my meeting. The just seemed to not have any gears and i said wtf?! and pulled over and tried to get her to move but she wouldnt. I took the top apart to check the shifter cables but they were both fine. Looks like i am going to need a new tranny!! Ideas anyone? LSD is an option and also new clutch is one.

 

roll pin. $5 fix

 

really? explain please!!!

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/how-...ission-102830/

 

or clutch i hsve seen that happen but more then likely the roll pin. does it shift into gear when the car is off?

 

Yeah, roll pin (most likely) or linkage. You need to check the linkages on the transmission, mine bent there not at the shifter.

 

well i can litterally spin the shifter in circles,and the linkages move back and forth and wat not but doenst shift into any gears, the shifterfeels dead.

 

That's not a transmission problem, that's a problem with the shifter. Stock or aftermarket?

My Hurst used to do that till we tightened the **** out of the set screw.

 

i have a hurst shifter, but itll move the cables, and if i look on top of the tranny itll turn that stupid bone looking thing on top of the tranny.

 

Is the set screw tight? Mine did the same thing, would move the cables if you wiggled it back and forth but if you tried to actually put it into gear it would just wobble around.

 

roll pin... billet makes a roll pin for the srt4 but not for us. gay that zzp or corny ass ottp hasnt done something to give us an unbreakable roll pin. but its a cheap somewhat easy fix. dont get scared bro.

 

They don't need to. Get a better grade bolt, replace, pretty much indestructable. Not idiot-proof, but close.

 

imma just order one from chevy if anything

 

It's a pin you can get from napa

 

Trust me, check the set screw first. That thing is known to back out on the Hurst shifters, and it causes EXACTLY the conditions you're describing. A roll pin won't cause the shifter itself to spin.

 

I didnt mean the shifter itself spin circles i meant like theres no gears so it can go anywhere!!

 

AH, OK. Then yeah, check the roll pin. Even if that's not it, it's not a bad part to have a spare of laying around anyway.

 

Hardware store has them also. I was buying some screws today and saw them so I bought a couple for like .50 cents

 

Sure enough it was that pin!!! Mine was in 3 pieces when i took it out. Goin tomorrow to get a new one

 

good stuff. happier that you don't need a new trans?

 

Seriously. That'd be a fkn expensive roll pin.

 

yeah really, thank god for CSS.net!!! And thanks to you guys for letting me know this info before we pulled the whole car apart

 

True Value or Ace hardware has them

 

Ahh noobs lol. Shifting is sloppy, so clearly my entire transmission grenaded and has to be completely replaced. HAHA


Happy you figured out it was the most common problem experienced with cobalts.

 

Actually had a weird problem with mine today, leaning towards a linkage problem though rather than roll pin. Went to put the car in first and there was NOTHING, just like hitting a brick wall. The lowest gear I could grab was 3rd, couldn't push it over to 1st or 2nd. And of course this happens in rush hour traffic at THE most congested intersection during the entire commute. I nursed it to the first pull-off I could get to, played with the cables, nothing helped, played with it a little bit and it started working again. Did it again when I was a few blocks from work. Gonna look at it after work and see if it's anything I can fix easily since I have no tools at all with me.