Instead of being lost in all of the other information provided in my last post I decided to restart from here and see what you guys think. ( Refresh: I got my buggy running very well, but I cannot find first gear most of the time. All of the other gears are easy to engage. Reverse is the easiest.) Here is the video of me manually shifting the trans axle with out the EMPI shifter (thought to be the problem by most of you b/c there is no bump stop or button action required for reverse). I was able to get the trans in what I think was 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. 4th was tough b/c there is no running engine, I assume, and I could not find reverse this way. So here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-xPy9a7Hb8???? Also...I placed the trans in "neutral", as I had in the video in order to roll the buggy outside to pressure wash after I made this video. As I was starting to move the buggy i thought I had began to roll over something, so I pushed a but harder and heard a "pop"
!!??? To my surprise I broke the passenger side CV joint at the trans by simply rolling the frame???? WTF???
So... anyone know where to go get a new CV joint?
I have also decided to totally strip the buggy, reinforce the frame, paint, and rewire. So that I'll have really reliable rig this spring/summer.... SO:
1.) Any new pointers with my shifting issues? I can easily find First manually, now I can't find reverse... haha??
2.) Why did I break a CV joint when the buggy should have been in neutral?