5 speed sidekick transmission interchangeability?
I have a 2wd 99 chevy tracker 1.6L 16v with a 5 speed. I recently found chunks in my transmission. So I bought another off craigslist for a 98 that looked exactly the same except it has a mechanical throwout bearing. Does anyone know if they are in fact the same? Ill find out for certain when I go to swap everything over, but I figure someone might know before I waste any time. I cant find anything at all online about these. I cant even find the model of transmission, I just know its a horizontal split main case. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Posted Apr 1, 2019, 1:51 AM UTC
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Transmissions are the same but in 99 they got rid of the cable and went hydraulic.
You will likely need to swap the pedal assembly as well, maybe fabricate something to work. If you wanted to go the. Able route. It’s going to be a lot of extra work if it works at all.
I’m not sure if you can just swap some parts with your old transmission to make it hydraulic, I’m sure it can be done. I’d have a close look at the parts diagrams for each.
Well, thanks haha. I just got done with all of it. The input shafts are different, the 3rd gears are slightly different, and the mainshaft bearing is different. I just swapped the mainshaft from the 98 into the 99 and put everything back.
Oh wow much more different then!! That’s one way to find out!!!
So did you get it to work after or did you just get that parts you needed from the 98 trans and put them in your 99?
Yeah, I just used what I could from the 98 trans in my 99. The shift sliders, forks, synchros and bearings were all the same, so I picked out the best and used them. It works fine now, except my input shaft is a little rough on the bearing surface so I get a bit of a whine still. Until I can figure out where to get an input shaft, i think itll be okay.