Anyone expirenced any unusual wear on D-series 3/4 '96 - '00 Steel shift forks? I've taken apart 4 of these things, and every one has a worn out 3rd/4th shift fork, not bent or broken, just worn way past the service limit where it goes over the slider. I don't know if I just got 4 bad ones in a row or if it was common. Other 2 forks were always fine. I ended up welding on one and filing it flat to build it back up again because I couldn't seem to find a good used one anywhere.

 

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

No one has ever seen this before?

 

Part of it is due to the slider design, part due to the driver.

Not everyone I've torn down is bad.

 

Thanks Aquafina. I have to say i'm a little surprised, The one '92 - '95 tranny I built had perfect shift forks in it, i'm not sure if it was low mileage or if the aluminum forks just didn't wear all that much.

 

Where are you taking the measurement????

 

I remember I checked with a feeler gauge between the fork and the slider. I can't remember for sure if I measured the fork thickness with a vernier scale or not. It wasn't something you had to measure, there was about a 1/16" of play, you could see where the slider cut deep into the fork.