Yo, do any of you all have an problems shifting from 1st to second. Is it a little rough, feels like it kind of hits something, it doenst go in smooth? I had this issue in my Z for quite sometime. I was pulling the shifter straight back from first and 2 out of 5 times it would go in smooth. I found out however, that if you pull it back with a little more angle, somewhat towards 4th, it goes in smooth everytime. I dont know if this is just an issue with the Z, it is my first manual car but I thought I would share and maybe help smooth shifts.

 

The Z's tranny is notchy as hell. I have that same feeling that you feel like the shifter hits something and gets stuck for a split second, ESPECIALLY when the car is still cold. Its notchy in pretty much every gear, but 1-2 is horrible. If it gets worse or starts grinding take it to the dealer. What year and how many miles?

 

Besides these 784 posts...

https://my350z.com/forum/maintenance-and-repair/39553-post-here-only-if-you-have-had-your-tranny-replaced.html

..this is the first transmission complaint I have read.

 

I have an 03' with about 15K aren. I agree, when its cold it is much worse, but try what I said, it should help out tremendously. Davidv, if you spent the time to read my post, you would see that this is not a complaint thread, I posted this to help others who have this problem.

 

maybe when you pull it at an angle you might have kept your foot on the clutch and easing it out a little slower, which matches your rpm slowly, and thus don't feel the jerk...try giving it a little gas when you are releasing your clutch, pedal up and pedal down together to match rpm...

the Z is a high performance car, it's very twitchy....try getting into a porsche 911 Turbo or a GT3, if you think the Z is twitchy, the Porsches will make the Z look like a baby....

 

A diaphragm maybe?

 

Ill try what you mentioned sometime today, but Im still going to take the car in next week, so they can worry about it and not me.

 

yeah, it seemed to help mine a lot. I however do rev-match on every gear so that isnt the problem. Like joeasian said, its a sports car, not a cadillac.

 

In which year? or do they all have shifting problems?

 

Its a notchy transmission, no doubt about it. Its not that difficult to shift though... I have no problem throwing it into different gears.

Maybe you need to hit the gym for a bit.

 

The lack of a smooth 1st to 2nd shift has been commented about since the first Z33 came out.

The 1st to 2nd shift is not smooth. It seems like it rolls around a "lump" .. and has been experienced by many owners - including me .. with a 2003 Z.

 

Glad to know im not a moron for missing second gear when i race sometimes!!

 

I used to sometimes have difficuly with shifts from 1st to 2nd under heavy throttle application. After I switched to a B&M shifter, the shift from 1st to 2nd gear seemed to be much easier. But it was harder to find the right spot going from 4th to 5th in a hurry, so it was a trade off.

 

yea I herd that most of the time when you upgrade to those short throw shifters it makes it worse. I think that happens to the best of us Zincognito