Busted tranny?

[scuba1099]

Alright guys, I would wait till the shop looked at it on Monday, but the Lotus brilliance on this site can probably tell me what I don't want to know before then. And it's 75 degrees out, sunny, and I'm kind of pissed. (not that kind, yet) I shifted from 2nd to 3rd (easy, not beating on it) and something let go in the drivetrain. I heard a couple of loud cracks and pulled off. Clutch is fine, and the driveshafts look ok. The drivetrain binds going forward, but you can push it backward. It actually got locked up totally after we pushed it toward the flatbed. They had to drag it up. It rolled off fine at the shop. Ok. Hit me with the answer to my problems, oh wise Lotus guys!!!

[andydclements]

Since it was 2nd to 3rd you can probably rule out one of the most common issues, the shaft shearing off near 5th.

I have a nasty feeling that if you drained the oil you'd find some small pieces of metal floating.

Andy

[Riddlemr2]

Steve, where did you end up taking it? I've got some ideas, but without actually hearing/seeing it, I don't want to speculate. Good luck.

[scuba1099]

I had it dropped at foriegn accents in Greensboro.

[peter_england99]

Steve,

Maybe a 2nd gear dog tooth stuck in one of the other gears/syncros (as mentioned by Andy).

Regards,

Peter.

Ok. Hit me with the answer to my problems, oh wise Lotus guys!!!

[talon]

I feel your pain. It's neer fun to have to watch your baby going on the flatbed.

[atgnat]

sad to hear it.

[lotus4s]

Ouch, doesn't sound good.

For your sake we can only hope it's broken dog teeth but I've seen a few 2nd gears with broken teeth and they don't typically lock up the tranny. Usually you either can't shift into a particular gear or you lose a gear completely when all the teeth are gone.

Hopefully it's not the crown wheel....