Down shift to First gear grind?
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Anyone else have this? The car shifts very smoothly through the gears, but when I'm comming to a stop from a roll, and try to shift into first, there is some resistence, and some very light noise (hard to hear unless windows are down and music is off).
Ideas? Should I have the dealership look at it?
My car has ~3800 miles on it btw
Ideas? Should I have the dealership look at it?
My car has ~3800 miles on it btw
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Originally Posted by Nforce1
As far as I know, your really not supposed to shift back into 1st. 1st should only be used for take-offs
On a total sidenote I saw a clk350 benz the other day, damn... hot car
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First gear should not be shifted while in motion, the reason why it doesnt want to shift smoothly is because the synchro is working really hard to match the rpms. This will destroy your 1st synchro. If you really have to shift to first at slow speeds then double clutch at idle engine speed and gently shift to 1st, dont push too hard. I am not sure if that is good either, but better than shifting too hard and getting the synchros worn out.
MY friends first manual car is a Mustang GT and he screwed the 1st gear synchro and had to get the synchro assembly replaced, of course within warranty.
MY friends first manual car is a Mustang GT and he screwed the 1st gear synchro and had to get the synchro assembly replaced, of course within warranty.
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I have resistance into every gear, so I am sorry, but I do not know what "smooth" is
. I cannot put the car into first unless I'm less than 10mph. I can try and push it and, with some effort, get it into 1st at 15. Anything above that is a tuff one.
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