Just today i went to back my truck up, and when i put it in reverse it just sits there. Putting it in drive and everything else is ok though... Any ideas?

 

You might want to check your linkage from the gear selector. It might have gotten out of whack.

If not... off to the dealer or to the tranny shop for a rebuilt and/or a new tranny.

 

well any other ideas anyone

 

Meet your newest friend - a transmission technician. Go find him.

Steve

 

Make sure your transmission is up to full, if not the linkage got messed up or u lost reverse

 

your planatary gear. lol iono but thats what went wrong on mine and thanks to that same fine tranny shop I have gone through about 3 of there transmissions in about 3k miles.

 

Exactly.

But make sure you have some cash to fix him up with $3,000 little project.

 

Ya I have the same problem. Once I put my truck in reverse it usually just sits there. Sometimes it would go in and be perfectly be fine but sometimes it wouldnt, almost like it wasnt getting the message to go into reverse. All of my other gears are fine and the reverse is good when it actually goes in (no slipping or anything). It has been getting worse though, not sure why. Could this be a selenoid? Or the tranny range switch? I dont know what the deal is Im just hoping its not the tranny and just a minor problem If you know anything about this please Help! thanks

Also how do i tighten my shift linkage?

 

It can't be a solenoid, and it can't be the range switch. Neither are used to make the reverse engagement. It is almost certainly a failing seal in the reverse clutch. Sometimes it seals, sometimes it doesn't. The trans has to come out and get torn down to change this seal.

 

Same here I lost mine over the weekend..
Worked just fine I was at the ranch in some mud backed out of it then when I got back into the truck later on it wouldn't go into reverse.