5th Gear issues!

[drewkeen]

I'm working on a Jetta lost 5th gear going down the highway but others work fine. I pulled the cover and the teeth are fine on both gears and the lever moved fine.


When engaged the two gears spin, but the shaft oon the larger gear doesn't spin. It does spin on my parts tranny. Trans obviously needed new fluid a long time ago!

What's wrong with it?

 

[drewkeen]

 

[sisyphus]

See if the selector arm moves the band on the outside of the fifth gear drive gear. The bolt you're pointing to is the main shaft. The other one, with the driven gear, is the layshaft. Commonly these can be referred to as the input and output.