George Wright - 2024 US Nationals - G-Force 5 Speed Repair

While racing my 2012 Cobra Jet Mustang at Indy in the FS/G class final on Thursday (8-29-24), I was not able to shift into 5th gear with my G-Force transmission. It ended up being a 5th gear slider, face plate and shift lever. Joe and I then removed the transmission and replaced the slider and face plate and re-installed the transmission on Friday. As we were putting the shifter linkage back on, we noticed that the 5th gear shift lever had cracked. A big thank you to Jim Schaechter who had a spare shift lever to loan to us. Thanks to John Calver for letting us use his hoist. Thanks to Joe Pavlovich for helping me in the 97 degree weather. I could have never done this by myself. We were able to finish if up Friday afternoon. We are now ready to run the eliminator on Saturday, when it quits raining.
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[@Greg-ji5zh]

Good job gentlemen !!!

[@dangrippo4409]

The part Indy people don’t get to see, thanks George! Good luck this weekend.

[@nickhoffman5524]

Nothing like a good old fashion thrash. Kudos for everyone that jumped in to help, our racing families are priceless. Glad it was not worse!

[@johncantlay5049]

Nice video. I purchase my first 5R in 1997. One thing I learned to do is to check the shifting arms every season. If any are loose on the spud, I change them. Being loose, even a little, has caused me to miss gears. Good luck this weekend.

[@brienbogan245]

Nice! Good luck for the rest of the weekend!