[DeTomaso] Tech Session and ZF question

[Peter Kovacs]

... another "feels like it could be" picking up a nut/debris which gets 
bound between the reverse gears and gets spit out when I go forward. Is this 
also possble with the lay out of the ZF?
Peter Kovacs
209 345-6708 
209 436-2000 fx




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From: "JDeRyke at aol.com" <JDeRyke at aol.com>
To: peter-kovacs at sbcglobal.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Sun, May 22, 2011 1:46:56 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Tech Session and ZF question

The only way I can think of to do what you describe is somehow selecting two 
gears at once, internally. There is a shift linkage setscrew inside the 
transmission that does occasionally come loose. It's accessible behind the small 
steel plate on the opposite side of the case from the shift box, and ZF says to 
not only tighten it but lock it with red Lock-tite. Also, the linkage inside the 
shift box can loosen, too. Those links are accessible (sort of) thru a rubber 
plug on the backside of the box, and inside the box with the cover off. If you 
fail to find anything, call Lloyd for real expert advice. As you say, if that 
happened at speed, it is possible to really damage the transaxle. Let us know 
what you find- Good luck -J Deryke