for those of you guys that are still grinding in 3rd... go to nissan ASAP... your slowly ruinin ur transmission ... the guy told me today that since i brought the car in early the trans wasn't damaged... and they figured out that the clevis pin was too short or something... sorry if you guys already knew this just thought i'd get the word out in case u didn't know

 

Yea that was posted a few months ago.

So what is it like going into 3rd gear with this problem?
That way I can recognize it if it ever pops up.

I haven't notice grinding yet, but sometimes I have
trouble engaging gears, or sometimes it's slow to engage
1st-3rd.

 

The Clevis may not be the final cause for the failures.

I had my tranny replaced along with getting the new Clevis.

With about 3200 miles on the new tranny, I am starting to hear things that make make me believe that this tranny will be failing soon like the one before it.

What sounds you may ask:

-The throw out bearing sound is now very audible

-The gear whine that has always been noticible is now not as smooth sounding. Before it sounded very clean and mechanical, not unlike a supercharger whine. Now it sounds very metallic.

-I have twice grinded 2nd, shifting as I have thousands of times before. Yes it was during quick acceleration. Yes, the clutch was fully depressed. No, I didn't try to shift TOO fast. I shifted at the same pace that has worked for me uncountable number of times. Finally, yes the tranny was fully warmed up; we had been driving for 45 min.

that is all i can think of right now.