5 speed Transmission

[bignasty]

My question is: how do you know that you are getting a good 5speed when it is already out the car or in a dead car? The reason why i am asking this is my auto is starting to shift hard when i deaccelerate. I assumed it might be time to do the swap. I have been to the car-parts site and located alot of transmissions. I havent check pick and pull yet thou i will this weekend. But back to topic, how will i know that it is good? I really dont want to buy a bad 5speed. This is my daily and i want to swap it on during a free weekend.

[Galanttuner10]

id say the best you can do is find one with low miles and dowut u can with it. check with where ur getting it 2 c if it was from a wrecked or donated vehicle or sumthin like that si you can have some idea. And if it is even a tranny that goes soon it is a fraqction of the cost that auto will b. take it from me ive been through 4.

[seth98esT]

Cant really do anything but shift it through its gears with the car off(if its in the junkyard, it probably wont start), check for any cracks on the trans housing, drain the fluid, make sure there arent any metal shavingsin the gear oil.

Other then that, cross your fingers and say a prayer. I bought my trans off eBay 5 years ago, in the auction the guy stated he had no clue on the state of the trans. I guess I got lucky, paid $100 shipped to boot lol.

[bignasty]

I have another question: Sould i get an eclipse 5speed trans or a galant 5speed trans? It seems galant trans are alot cheaper.

[Blue Ice]

dang i just wrote a bunch of stuff and the page didn't load grrr.

I say if you find a tranny in good condition don't worry so much about it. probably best to find one on a stock car. it will have less excessive wear.replace the slave cyl, master cyl, clutch and flywheel, get SS lines and call it a day.

My experience... i got a tranny from the JY. DID NOT replace the slave or master cyl. Added SBR clutch, LSD insert, Aluminum flywheel, and SS lines, and have had no major problems for since i did the swap in '06.

There is no dip stick, just a front fill hole. you just fill the hole till gear oil dribbles out of the front.


Eclipse 5sp vs Galant 5sp

Both are durable, only thing i've heard is the G's have a longer first gear, meaning you can stay in it a little longer before needing to change gears. othere than that i don't think there is a difference. So i say save your money.

[bronxbombr]

wERD, NUFF SAID

[galantryinbattle]

your galant 5 speed needs that longer first gear to get the heavier car moving, which is why it has longer piston stroke for increased torque, to get the heavier car moving from a stop. Just get a Galant tranny. Fuck eclipses, their gay, thats why you bought a mans car not a little boys car.

[seth98esT]

7g is lighter then a 2g GST.

98 GST: Curb Weight: 2921 lbs.
98 Galant ES: Curb Weight: 2877 lbs.

And the 7g is more like an old mans car haha.

[bmore303]

Wow...just wow at that other post...thanks for clearing that up Seth.

[Proto]

Also I might add since I've used both trannies. The input shaft on the eclipse axles is THICKER than the galants meaning Galant axles wont work in a eclipse tranny, visa versa. Automatic and 5 speed axles ARE the same.

[bignasty]

You read my mind. I was going to ask that. I assuming everybody is running stock axles with no problems right. I thought the stock axle were rated something really low on the horsepower scale.

[Proto]

I was pushing 17 lbs on my 60 trim and no problems with the galant axles.

[kolio]

yes and i can vouche for the above. i seen it, and felt it.

galant axles can prob hold close to 400. DOHCstunr and micro galant are in the 300's easily and don't have axle problems.

[laxinwarrior]

Galant axles should work in an eclipse transmission IF you get the proper axle seals and install them first... unless the splines on the input shaft are different.

[evil-G-nius]

Seth what is the weight of the 7G S model...from what I have been told it is the lightest of the galants. I knew they were all lighter than the Eclipse though...just didnt know by how much

[T-double]

wow didn't know that a 7g was lighter than a gst.

[StreetDreams]

I have two manual transmissions. One from my running car and one from a parts car. I have no idea what condition the parts car trans is in but the one from my car was working fine. I thought that it was going out but discovered that the shifter cable bushing was completely torn and the rear motor mount was fucked, which probably caused the sloppy shifts that I was feeling. I am going to have one rebuilt and will be selling the other. TRE offers $300.00 for a good core so if you want to offer me anything close to that, it's yours.