2nd gear synchro dying? Big $$$?

[Dr. Evil]

Last night I lost a race to a late 90's M3 coupe. By the end of first gear, I had him by a car-length... then came the dreaded shift to 2nd gear. Week by week, its been taking longer & longer to get the shifter to go into 2nd. I pull back towards 2nd and there's like an eternity for the shift lever to actually go all the way back so I can let out on the clutch.

Is my synchro going bad

[boi-alien]

are you grinding into 2nd?

[Dr. Evil]

No grinding at all... ever.

[three.eighteen.]

u drive a delorean?? deloreans are faster than e36 m3's??

[Dr. Evil]

Originally posted by three.eighteen.
u drive a delorean?? deloreans are faster than e36 m3's??

I can't say for sure. I'm quicker up to about 20 or 30 MPH... but because it took like 2 seconds to finally get into 2nd gear I'll never know. By then it was kinda pointless as he had two or three car lengths on me

[kaput]

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[Dr. Evil]

Originally posted by kaput
My tranny grinds when I shift into reverse like 70% of the time. Does the grinding mean my synchro bad, and is it expencive?

The reverse gear on manual tranmissions usually do not have a synchro, hence the grinding.

My car grinds into reverse if I have the clutch in for a while (because of the lack of a synchro, if the clutch is not engaged the gears aren't rotating in comparison to the engine rpms - so you're jamming the gear's meshes into each other.).

Okay, I'm over-explaining the whole thing

Just look up "clutches & transmissions on http://www.howstuffworks.com/

[T5_X]

hey man, are you on AF?

The "evil kitty crew" or something like that?

[Dr. Evil]

Originally posted by Ranger_X31
hey man, are you on AF? The "evil kitty crew" or something like that?

Damnit I've been discovered. That's the good & bad thing about owning a DeLorean.

Yes, that is me on AF. I come here when I need to talk to cool people who know their stuff. What's your username on AF?

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by Dr. Evil

Damnit I've been discovered. That's the good & bad thing about owning a DeLorean.

Yes, that is me on AF. I come here when I need to talk to cool people who know their stuff. What's your username on AF?

heeh i have an account on AF i left there when all the MOds just went ape on the Purehonda kids, i was, or still am RickDaTuner, but yeah back on the topic of your tranny, it sound more like you bent something inside or you ahve worn out some Bearings, worn syncros usally come with Gear Grinding, and alos allow the Gear to Enter any speed(some transmission only allow certaing gears to engage at Certain Speeds) mabey all those daysa of Racing arre catching up with your car

[T5_X]

I'm Ranger_X on AF. Almost exclusively on the car modeling forum, but I do occasionally go to the DMC-12 forum. Been in love with those cars since I first watched back to the future when I was 4.

[jaylo]

shift it on 1st before you put it on reverse, that will solve your problem, and yeah the reverse gear has no synchro

Originally posted by kaput
My tranny grinds when I shift into reverse like 70% of the time. Does the grinding mean my synchro bad, and is it expencive?

[Pole Position]

Reverse gear has no synchro because the only time you shift into reverse is when the car is not moving. You most likely have a straight cut reverse gear, and at times it just doesn't line up. Just wait a sec, and try again while your engine is idling.

[boi-alien]

Originally posted by jaylo
shift it on 1st before you put it on reverse, that will solve your problem, and yeah the reverse gear has no synchro

put it into first and second, then reverse, you shouldn't hear any grinding whatsoever if you do that

[frenchdriver]

Originally posted by Pole Position
Reverse gear has no synchro because the only time you shift into reverse is when the car is not moving. You most likely have a straight cut reverse gear, and at times it just doesn't line up. Just wait a sec, and try again while your engine is idling.

do the BMWs have synchros for the reverse? like in the BMW movie when the guy slams it into reverse when he's cruzing forward which makes the car spin around...

[Weapon_R]

Originally posted by frenchdriver


do the BMWs have synchros for the reverse? like in the BMW movie when the guy slams it into reverse when he's cruzing forward which makes the car spin around...

You have one don't you? Try it out and make sure you take lots of pics of the result

[Pole Position]

Originally posted by frenchdriver


do the BMWs have synchros for the reverse? like in the BMW movie when the guy slams it into reverse when he's cruzing forward which makes the car spin around...

No I don't think it does (guessing) due to safety purpose.