I purchased an 03 touring 6MT about a month ago, and lately whenever i drop a gear(happens only when i drop from 5th to 4th or 4th to third) it will either grind or not lock into place very easily. any idea on what this could be any help would be greatly appreciated

 

Is this your first manual car?

 

No its not. ive previously owned a 93 Accord, a VW gti and a beater honda civic. If im coasting in neutral around 30 mph and I want to toss it back in 3rd or 4th it will stick or grind every once and a while

 

hum, are you rev matching? are you purposely using downshifting to slow down over braking??

more details please? was the car serviced prior to purchasing and if so, you sure they did tranny fluid change?

 

Well, in general with a car you purchased used i would do a complete service.......change ALL fluids and start your maintence clock from there.

in this case i would start with checking the tranny fluid and then test driving and going from there...


-J

 

No im not rev matching. I'll be coasting in neutral, ill push the cluth in and tru to put the car back in 3rd or 4th and every so often it either grinds or its a ***** to shift into the gear

 

Where is Willmar?

 

It's a little under an hour south of st.cloud

 

There's your problem right there. Driver mod will fix that.

 

Mabey the synchro's are starting to go for those gears?

 

how many miles?

 

you have to rev match :x 30-40 miles for me on neutral is usually 4-5th gear if i want to keep it at low rpms

 

Rev matching wont stop the gears from grinding or sticking.

 

Probably need a new transmission.

 

it happens in third gear on the 6 MT in the 03's....search in here, you'll find were people have had problems with this...but it's an everyonceinawhile thing so either get used to it or take it in and get ready to be raped!!!!!

 

it does that to me going from 6th to 5th if i don't rev match. when i rev match it shifts just fine.