Hello..
I've got a 98 wrangler, with about 56k miles on it. Yesterday, I did a not so smart thing, (something along the lines of a 2500rpm reverse burnout... after a couple pops) and long-story short, in reverse, the typical "manual transmission reverse-whine" now has more like a grinding pattern to it. Stupid stupid thing, wasn't thinking, and now I'm paying for it.
Anyway.
I've got a friend who's rebuilt a couple transmissions, and I was thinking of just replacing the reverse gear which is what is most-likely ruined?? I looked at prices for seal & bearing kits and I'm finding prices around $200. The reverse gear I saw prices for about $70, and then I don't even know if I need a new reverse idler gear, which was another $60 or so I think..
I'm wondering if it would even be worth it at this point to repair my transmission, or if I should just buy one that a guy is selling locally for around $650 He says its never been in a jeep, and that it was purchased incorrectly, when he actually needed an AX5.
Any thoughts on what I should do? Besides take much better of my poor Jeep?