Loose stick shift

What is “cowboy style”? Some engines wind up faster than others. Rear gears also play a big part in that.

 

No it is not fine and I agree with the response that something is wrong in the tower.

New trans maybe, remans will never come with a new tower.

 

My head hurts.

OP, rebuild or replace the shift tower. It's easy, and shouldn't be very expensive. The transmission is most likely perfectly fine.

How many miles on the truck?

 

Well it could be the tower. Op u said it “hit metal”? If you hear a bang when the shifter gets kicked out, then that’s a problem. If you hear a bang when you put it in gear after it’s been kicked out, that’s a bigger problem. I’m curious, when you accelerate does the shifter stay or does it get kicked out. Go take it to the Mexicans in Chicago, they’ll do a rebuild in 1 day.

 

It’s better to remain silent and thought a foo

 

I don’t know what “cowboy style “ shifting is but, I always float shift. It’s not jerking the shifter but a steady slow move of the stick into the next gear as the RPM drops.

 

Cowboy style:

 

Is that the same guy that was rebuilding the tower in his bare feet?

 

Dude is just floating the gears... If you know what your doing you can do that with any non-synchronized transmission.... Although he is making more noise with the jakes than is necessary.

 

Got it. Jamaican accent and jake brake speed shifting to a reggae beat. I have been doing it right the whole time. Lol!