i have a 95 f150 302 with a manual transmisson, all is good except when i put my truck in fifth it keeps popping out when i give it gas or when its in a little bit of a pull...im positive it isnt the fork and theres no grinding so its not the synchro...any ideas at all??? please help...

 

Doesn't have to grind to be the synchro. That's most likely what it is

 

you think so? when im drivin down the road if i push up on the shifter it will stay in gear but as soon as let go it pops right back out...

 

the sleeve could be worn down , syncro or fork (even if no grinding is heard) or a bearing come out of alignment, or possibly the shifter bushings.

 

shifter bushings as in on the top of the transisson where the forks are attatched?

 

kinda where the actual shifter connects to the tranny, take out the 18 mm nut put it on the other side of the stud tighten till stud falls freely, remove shifter take out torque head x3 i think t27 not 100% sure... pull up on on the shaft and inspect.

 

okay 3 days ago i pulled the tranny, and you guys were right, there was a needle bearing torn apart on the 5th sync gear or whatever, we replaced the needle bearing and a shift fork that was partly worn, spent all day putting it all back together, and still i have the same problem...heh...any other ideas?? oh yea i replaced the sync's too...

 

i take it that the shifter bushings looked good?

 

uhh wich bushings? we really didnt look at the ones in the top part of the case, where the forks slide back and forth on the rods...

 

yes the very top of the case, you can get to them through the floor of the car where the shifter connects to the tranny, there are plastic. i posted a real brief hot to just above this post....