Replacement Transmission?

[Joe Tracker]

Any recommendations for buying a salvage transmission for my '99 4WD Chevy Tracker with a 1.6 liter engine and a five speed manual transmission? Or are there any reman trans available?

I want a replacement transmission I can drop in.  

None of the shops here are wiling to split the case and work on internals.  They say that hard parts like a new input shaft are not available.

My Tracker is drivable but there is a whirring noise in the tranny whenever I engage the clutch and in all forward gears (much less or even non-existent in fourth and fifth).  Occasional hard shift into gear as though I did not use the clutch to shift. A shop in Canada replaced the rear lower bearing and both front and rear seals after major trans oil leak.

I have flat towed this car. Always had the trans and transfer gear case in neutral when towing.  Always ran the car with trans in gear every 200 miles or less to lube the bearings.

Thanks

1999 Chevy Tracker 4WD five speed manual with 1.6 liter engine

[fixkick]

finding any shop or re-builder that does any M/T box or transfer case (the latter is bad)
car-part.com
buy them used.
have 2 , yours and a 2nd

and or have those 3 things read and find a shop that will do the kit, all bearings, all seals .
nobody Sells gears. now. suzuki ran plumb out. ask them and see that.
the transfer case makes the 5speed box 100% dead. (and goal 1)

so you wrecked the transfer case rear bearing . so pull the box. take it to a shop hand him the gearing /seal kit and say DO IT please.
that is all there is to it.
next time run rear prop shaft dis-connector kit and never have this happen ever again.
the 200 mile rule is for tow truck folks and rule 2 , 55mph max. see that? bet not.
not RV uses.
sorry the rear bearing gets zero lube towed, , as in ZERO.
and goes bad. (progressively)

towed
all ways are here. Suzuki method A to E ,verbatim.
http://fixkick.com/FAQ/FAQ.HTML

see my page about RAMco

http://fixkick.com/tranny/xfr-case/transfer-case.html


seem web pages (see my red words horsed up photo) cool no? see what they all do?
see this
http://fixkick.com/tranny/xfr-case/XFRCASEGUTS.jpg

some guys , add an oil .lube pump to the box so
parts 20 to 44 do not wreck
the real problem is shaft 17 spins dry

id buy a used full case and car-part.com
those are auto wrecker parts network
there are no new boxes, just used .
many used boxes are near new inside as the owners never once used 4wd ever. is super common in reality.(happy feet if true)


towing, does wreck the rear end of the the transfer case not the 5speed box.

the drawing is here , up to 98 year, not sure 99.
http://fixkick.com/tranny/xfr-case/XFRCASEGUTS.jpg

check it out.
the roller bearing #20 is standard as are seals. if 43 is bed ,needle bearing that takes hard work to source. (24 years later)
other parts now rare.

[fixkick]

to understand all the takes one IDEA
the parts are all splash lubricated, unlike my real jeep has pump on tail shaft. Jeeps RULE. NV231
when not actually driving the sidekick vitara/tracker.
there is no splash lube at all, 5speed box nor the transfer case.
the front end of the case is dead.
and only shaft 17 parts are spun and are in neutral. so splash does not happen/,sorry none.

my NV231 jeep box has rear end oil pump, so RV towing is UNLIMITED.
suzuki is not.
here is my wrangler box NV231 and up same that is the Pump.



some folks drill 2 holes in the case and add there own 12vdc oil pumps here. 1 top 1 bottom holes, top hole over rear bearing set.
or buy kit that is crazy rare now.