Hi John;
The only thing I'd be afraid of is having the gear and/or
shaft wear from the slippage of the gear on the shaft.
But if you're not in fifth gear, its countergears are free-
wheeling, so there shouldn't be any force on the slipped
gear.
If you fix it, or get it fixed, you'll probably wind up with
a splined replacement gear? So the fifth gear assembly will
be replaced, wouldn't it? If the gear is fixed by welding instead, there
might be a risk of damaging the shaft beyond
repair, but I really doubt that.
My 2c-
Kyle
-----Original Message-----
From: John F Sandhoff <sandhoff@csus.edu>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, June 02, 2000 5:19 PM
Subject: Wisdom needed: 5th gear neutral
>I need some words of wisdom: We all know of the 5 speed's weakness
>for the split 5th gear coming apart and creating a second neutral. My
>question is: is it dangerous to drive the car long distances in this
>condition? If one were to stay at a reasonable speed in 4th, it's
>about the same as driving a 1600 (5% slower at same RPM, 3500 revs
>is about 65). But is there anything internal that's going to come apart?
>Is it best to fix the gear before driving far?
>
>-- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
>
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