Help please think i blew 2nd gear

OK so last night driving home slowing down to make a turn down shifted from 3rd to 2nd under normal driving, then made a turn and popped out of gear and i hear the sound of metal getting thrown around comming from near the shifter.

 

Car would drive in 3rd, i slow down to the stop sign by my house put it in second and the car just revs.

 

So what did I do? Does it sound like i need a new transmission? Info on the car has 98k miles on it, 2005 have been stage 2 + vf52 and TMIC for about 8k miles over the past year and a month. I dont drive the car that hard been to the track once made 4 passes back in mayish.

 

Any help is appreciated, want to get this car back and running so i dont have to drive my purple civic any more then i need too.

 

 

Edit: Everythings been fixed and pictures are on post 19

Easiest way would be to drain the gear oil and if there is a ton of metal shavings in it.. you blew a gear. I wouldn't recommend driving the car right now since it sounds like you at the minimum killed a synchro. Where are you located? A local shop might be able to rebuild it for you and replace the broken gear and synchro.

-Franz

im in pa 19008. If you know any shops in my area let me know.

 

Thanks for the help.

 

-Tom

Either of these would be good options to rebuild your gearbox

 

http://www.rallispec.com/

 

http://www.andrewtechautomotive.com/

 

-Franz

awesome thanks! Called rallispec most likly going there just need to find a tow truck thats not too expensive to get me there.

If you have AAA, that would be the cheapest option for towing

-Franz

think i might join just to get the towing. Think its about $100 to join and you get 100 miles free towing. Allstate gives me 3 miles

You also have DPS in the same area as andrewtech. Great work. they rebuilt my friends RS tranny with LGT gears for him about a year ago. Great work and prices.

http://www.dpstuning.com/

ehh they are alittle far. I just got AAA today for $80 and they will cover the towing to rallispec for me next wed once the plus membership goes in effect. Beats paying $140 to have the allstate people tow it and that was after the $50 discount.

 

Then rallispec is going to install a new 2nd, do their little service to make the gears alittle stronger and then install the helical front differential. Should make the car feel a lot better, but I might be demodding the car alittle after that.

Might wanna price out new synchros for all the gears if not a whole new gear set. I mean as long as its off and opened.

hmm.. wonder how much more that would cost.

 

quoted i think 450 for just 2nd gear.

any how to on taking out the transmission? Would save me about $400 than having rallispec do it.

this will get your trans out...a thing to note though...many shops won't work on a trans that you cracked open yourself, so make sure you fully understand what you are doing ahead of time. http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126975&highlight=diy+clutch

well im not going to open up the tranny i just want to get it out of the car and drop it off at rallispec.

oh ok nice. You gonna bring that out to some autoxes or what? It's almost a shame not to!

ehh i doubt it. im 23 still living at home, so the rents know when I break my car and they just say thats because you go to the race track and have fun in snow yadda yadda yadda.

 

So ill eventually come out once im settled in my career and move out. Im just barely affording this now without selling my bike but i hope that sells so i can have an extra 7k to be comfortable sitting on incase anything were to happen.

Anyone know how tall the transmission is? Just want to make sure I'll have the space to get it out once I Jack the car up.

trans has been dropped! so glad its out now. Post up prices once all the labor and work is done.

Heres some pictures of everything. New parts and the broken.

 

Total cost of everything over $2700