Transmission Issue

[906UP]

Will do. But in the moment I was crossing a busy road, so I'm not positive, but I don't think it flashed the code. Only a steady dash on the gear indicator.

The solid "--" in the cluster just means it doesn't know what gear it's in, or the speed vs gear is incorrect, I had this happen on OG Donkey when I swapped the final drive gears, I would get the "--" when the ECM got pissed cause the speed sensor was reading differently than the ECM expected for that gear position.

 

[Admin]

 

[906UP]

This screams shift motor.

Not really, it's possible but there are a lot of things that can cause the cluster to show the "--"

 

[906UP]

@Hello_Darkness .....aka HondaTech might have some insight.

 

[Jerryg]

Thank god it's not something serious like a belt................

 

[Jerryg]

@Hello_Darkness .....aka HondaTech might have some insight.

Lol, I didn't know that was him. What happened the bug up his ass died?

 

[Hello_Darkness]

Lol, I didn't know that was him. What happened the bug up his ass died?

I came back in spite of worthless f***s like you

 

[Jerryg]

I came back in spite of worthless f***s like you

You lying piece of s***, I am worth at least $10.

Welcome back homo.

 

[john790]

Myself iam glad the Honda tech is back.And thanks for coming back let the BS go in one ear and out the other.

 

[futzin]

Myself iam glad the Honda tech is back.

Me too.

 

[906UP]

Myself iam glad the Honda tech is back.And thanks for coming back let the BS go in one ear and out the other.

Me too.

Me 3

 

[JenElio]

Thank god it's not something serious like a belt................

🤔......there's nothing serious about a belt machine, the whole thing is a joke 🤷‍♂️😂😂😂😂😂😂

 

[Remington]

Myself iam glad the Honda tech is back.And thanks for coming back let the BS go in one ear and out the other.

 

[Jerryg]

Me 3

Me 4 I hope he and the prez of NTC have another little spat. Saucer of milk, table for two.

 

[NTCPrezJB]

Me 4 I hope he and the prez of NTC have another little spat. Saucer of milk, table for two.

🤔I welcomed him back already in another thread just like I said I would. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[Jerryg]

🤔I welcomed him back already in another thread just like I said I would. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Don't go stompin' on a dream bro. I have hope that bug will find it's way to his bung hole again.

 

[Scrappapotamus]

How does a thread relating to transmission issues morph into this? Seems like someone needs to spend more time like Gavin servicing their own tranny

 

[BrophyCreek]

So yeah, back to the topic....LOL

@Hello_Darkness I just started digging in on this. After removing about 10 dry pounds of TN mud, I've located my shift motor and cleaned it up. Nothing seems amiss. Wire harnesses are intact etc. If it shifts up consistently /normally but doesn't shift down, I would think the motor itself is probably fine. Is that a logical assumption?? Assuming yes, then that means root cause is whatever tells the polarity to reverse for downshifting. There are only two wires going to the motor so I think I am on the right track. I was also thinking of the gear position sensor. I assume that is what is mounted adjacent to the motor. But again, it seems to always shift up normally, just not down. Your thoughts?

 

[JenElio]

So yeah, back to the topic....LOL

@Hello_Darkness I just started digging in on this. After removing about 10 dry pounds of TN mud, I've located my shift motor and cleaned it up. Nothing seems amiss. Wire harnesses are intact etc. If it shifts up consistently /normally but doesn't shift down, I would think the motor itself is probably fine. Is that a logical assumption?? Assuming yes, then that means root cause is whatever tells the polarity to reverse for downshifting. There are only two wires going to the motor so I think I am on the right track. I was also thinking of the gear position sensor. I assume that is what is mounted adjacent to the motor. But again, it seems to always shift up normally, just not down. Your thoughts?

I'm just going to throw this out there, obviously I'm no H-tech ....... could it possibly be the little tiny fragile tabs in the paddle shifter? I recall someone having one or both go bad one time 🤷‍♂️ could be worth a look

 

[NTCPrezJB]

I'm just going to throw this out there, obviously I'm no H-tech ....... could it possibly be the little tiny fragile tabs in the paddle shifter? I recall someone having one or both go bad one time 🤷‍♂️ could be worth a look

That would certainly prevent a manual downshift but the auto downshift (regardless of mode) would still happen.

 

[BrophyCreek]

I found the code in the manual and went through all the steps checking for voltage, opens and shorts. Everything checked out. I just pulled the shift motor, planning to put 12 volts on it, then reverse polarity to see if it works in both directions. But as it turns out no need. Shift motor is shot. Pretty grindy and the shaft is all sloppy. Honestly, I'm surprised it was working at all. Now question is how quick can I find one