Tranny problem! HELP!

realxlai · 03-11-2010, 03:42 AM

So after a year or so and 10K miles and 2 track days, 1 NA and 1 boosted(this past weekend) I think I may be experiencing oncoming clutch or master cylinder or whatever unknown transmission failure.. I have a Competition stage 2 clutch w/ 8lb flywheel

Experiencing:

I immediately experienced these things after leaving the track:

-1st gear notchyness which seems to be every other shift into first. Almost like the 3rd gear problem; push it into 1st and it needs more force so it kind of clunks through then sits into gear, sometimes wont even want to go in at all.
-Reverse goes in cleanly but sometimes won't want to come out.
-At the track the car absolutely would not get into 2nd gear for ****.

All the other gears shift perfectly though...

After bleeding the clutch and changing the MTF:

Initially on the ride over there before all that it felt very normal, no notchyness anywhere. After the bleeding and the fluid change it felt great but then on the way home the notchyness showed up again in first and a few times it was hard to get out of reverse.

Thoughts anyone?

realxlai · 03-11-2010, 11:46 AM

bump for help

nycclaye · 03-11-2010, 12:00 PM

wait, so did you notice any damage on the track?

realxlai · 03-11-2010, 12:21 PM

What do you mean?

Gillex572 · 03-11-2010, 12:35 PM

How was it running on the track

realxlai · 03-11-2010, 06:17 PM

locked out of 2nd. shifting was tough in the other gears

salvatruco2004 · 03-11-2010, 06:21 PM

Dude I had all this symptoms in my si, all of them I had them. The first thing I did was to take out my short shifter then switch the clutch to exedy one and changed my tranny fluid to gm symchromesh and never had that problem again.

realxlai · 03-11-2010, 06:30 PM

Really? so it sounds like the master cylinder

ing itself...

salvatruco2004 · 03-11-2010, 06:38 PM

Maybe but change your clutch and your clutch master cilynder at the same time

realxlai · 03-11-2010, 06:40 PM

thats what im thinking of doing. its like 80 bucks for a new OEM one.

salvatruco2004 · 03-11-2010, 06:52 PM

No get an aftermarket one in the future you going to have the problems

realxlai · 03-11-2010, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by salvatruco2004

No get an aftermarket one in the future you going to have the problems

aftermarket one is too intense.

realxlai · 03-13-2010, 02:55 PM

So it seems like its getting more intermittent but when it does get difficult to get into 1st or out of reverse it will be that way my entire drive. But when it doesn't happen its nice and clean the whole time...

That leads me to believe it might be temperature related probably and as the tranny gets hotter it starts locking me out of 1st.

03-11-2010, 03:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
realxlai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 35,361 M. Bison	Tranny problem! HELP! So after a year or so and 10K miles and 2 track days, 1 NA and 1 boosted(this past weekend) I think I may be experiencing oncoming clutch or master cylinder or whatever unknown transmission failure.. I have a Competition stage 2 clutch w/ 8lb flywheel Experiencing: I immediately experienced these things after leaving the track: -1st gear notchyness which seems to be every other shift into first. Almost like the 3rd gear problem; push it into 1st and it needs more force so it kind of clunks through then sits into gear, sometimes wont even want to go in at all. -Reverse goes in cleanly but sometimes won't want to come out. -At the track the car absolutely would not get into 2nd gear for ***. All the other gears shift perfectly though... After bleeding the clutch and changing the MTF: Initially on the ride over there before all that it felt very normal, no notchyness anywhere. After the bleeding and the fluid change it felt great but then on the way home the notchyness showed up again in first and a few times it was hard to get out of reverse. Thoughts anyone? Last edited by realxlai; 03-11-2010 at 03:44 AM.*
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03-11-2010, 11:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
realxlai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 35,361 M. Bison	bump for help

03-11-2010, 12:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
nycclaye Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Age: 29 Posts: 6,452 Nick	wait, so did you notice any damage on the track?

03-11-2010, 12:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
realxlai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 35,361 M. Bison	What do you mean?

03-11-2010, 12:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Gillex572 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New-Brunswick, Canada Age: 23 Posts: 507 Gilles LeClair	How was it running on the track

03-11-2010, 06:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
realxlai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 35,361 M. Bison	locked out of 2nd. shifting was tough in the other gears

03-11-2010, 06:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
salvatruco2004 Senior Member Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,023 Rony	Dude I had all this symptoms in my si, all of them I had them. The first thing I did was to take out my short shifter then switch the clutch to exedy one and changed my tranny fluid to gm symchromesh and never had that problem again.

03-11-2010, 06:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
realxlai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 35,361 M. Bison	Really? so it sounds like the master cylinder ing itself...

03-11-2010, 06:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
salvatruco2004 Senior Member Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,023 Rony	Maybe but change your clutch and your clutch master cilynder at the same time

03-11-2010, 06:40 PM	#10 (permalink)
realxlai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 35,361 M. Bison	thats what im thinking of doing. its like 80 bucks for a new OEM one.

03-11-2010, 06:52 PM	#11 (permalink)
salvatruco2004 Senior Member Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3,023 Rony	No get an aftermarket one in the future you going to have the problems

03-13-2010, 02:55 PM	#13 (permalink)
realxlai Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 35,361 M. Bison	So it seems like its getting more intermittent but when it does get difficult to get into 1st or out of reverse it will be that way my entire drive. But when it doesn't happen its nice and clean the whole time... That leads me to believe it might be temperature related probably and as the tranny gets hotter it starts locking me out of 1st.

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