xjerseyzfinestx

its always going from 1st to second.. i would hear a noise .. i mean sometimes it would catch smoothly but sumtimes .. you would hear this noise and i hate it..after second its all nice and smooth but damn i hate first to second ... any advice?

A_FIVE-O's_350Z

iTrader: (4)

Are you talking about hard shifting from 1st to 2nd? I get a noise from the front passenger side wheel well. Its like a poping or cracking noise.

xjerseyzfinestx

when i switch even when i dont power shift...maybe cus im new to stick shift but pass third and im fine... i dont know what it is...maybe i let the clutch out to quick or to slow...

Vicarious

is it some kinda clunk noise? and u can feel it in the shifter as well?
i also have that..im going to take it into the shop in about a week. also, do u have a clunk noise when u press the clutch down in first gear? i think the 2 are related

Riceboy369

Did anyone find out if this feeling with the clutch and gear shifting is normal? .. I often hear and feel this too ... quite annoying.

xjerseyzfinestx

even in the shifter i feel it sometimes...like usually i dont hear it cus most of the time i got the music blastin..but when i have it low sometimes i hear it .

xjerseyzfinestx

but i dont know if its me thats doing wrong or its the car...cus after 2nd im fine

Balls

is it possible you're all just lifting off too early? this possibility seems to meet all the criteria mentioned here so far...

Vicarious

nah, im not liftin off the early at all. the clutch is always all the way down when i shift it. also only 1-2 does this. past 3 is fine, so it probably is the car.

Brad4rdHay

I have this as well...i beleive its the syncros...same thing alot of people are experienceing with 3rd but less severe.

It a little bit of resistance in the 1-2 gate accompanied by a soft grind/cough sound. Not excessivly anoying, but I wish there was a smoother 1-2 shift in my car.

Vicarious

do you plan on taking it to the shop to get it fixed?

Brad4rdHay

There really is no fix...all they would do is say live with it, or order you another trany, which will be the same...and who knows, possibly worse.

I havn't done anything since my issue isnt as bad as all the 3rd gear grind threads floating around.

Rumor has it though that Nissan redesigned the tranny...if that is true, oce it becomes official, I would seriously consider it.

Balls

I meant lifting off the throttle to soon... it would only happen in lower gears... since they're so tall...

So... the engine is compression braking and then you press the clutch and it sounds like the tranny clunks... Does that sound possible?

Bahraini350Z

I only hear it when the car is cold! it's like a clunk sound. U can feel it in the shifter as well!

neur0sis

iTrader: (3)

I just picked up my Z last Saturday, and I hear/feel a weird "click/clunk" going from 1 > 2 gear too. I have driven MT's before, but this is the first one I have owned... and I am worrying a little about this. I'll agree with everyone else here saying that it clunks, and I can feel it in the shifter as well.

I thought maybe I was doing something wrong...