97' Sierra, hard shift from 1st to 2nd gear
Question:
New to the group, so I apologize in advance. My 97 GMC Sierra (112,000) for the first time in its life, is giving me problems. I am getting a hard ‘thrust’ when it shifts from 1st to 2nd gear only. It seems to do it once it warms up, like in city driving. It only does it between those gears. If I stop at a 7/11 & grab a soda, it would not do it again for a little while, but then start again once it warmed up. If feels like a push forward, as if it is popping out of gear and then put back into gear again. Other then replacing the transmission, any GMC/Chevy experts out there have any good advice? I did take it to a local shop. They dropped the transmission and said that my "6th ball" was missing. They replaced it and it worked ok for a while, but now the problem has returned. I was not aware that transmissions had ‘balls’ in them, and if mine was missing, where did it go? Thanks in advance.
Response:
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> New to the group, so I apologize in advance. > My 97 GMC Sierra (112,000) for the first time in its life, is giving me > problems. I am getting a hard ‘thrust’ when it shifts from 1st to 2nd gear > only. It seems to do it once it warms up, like in city driving. It only does it > between those gears. If I stop at a 7/11 & grab a soda, it would not do it > again for a little while, but then start again once it warmed up. If feels like > a push forward, as if it is popping out of gear and then put back into gear > again. > Other then replacing the transmission, any GMC/Chevy experts out there have any > good advice? I did take it to a local shop. They dropped the transmission and > said that my "6th ball" was missing. They replaced it and it worked ok for a > while, but now the problem has returned. I was not aware that transmissions had > ‘balls’ in them, and if mine was missing, where did it go? > Thanks in advance.
