WHen I shift out of 4th into 5th, around 6500+rpm, I get a grind, and it won't go into 5th nicely. This has also happens when I shift from 2nd to 4th (rev up higher in 2nd, match revs into 4th).

I know that my clutch master/slave cylinders aren't in great shape, and are leaking a tiny bit (not enough for me to have to add more fluid). Could this be the reason why I am getting this grinding?

When I get my new clutch..should I pay the extra money and get new synchros, or just get the clutch/master/slave cylinders and hope it was the problem?

thanks!

-Lee-hopes he doesn't need synchros..

 

well, i thought replacing my clutch master and slave cylinders would help but it didn't, i also replaced my clutch and it didn't help so now i'm pretty sure my synchros are on it's way out, but i still got a good few thousand miles left on them before they're totally shot...... i think if you're gonna have the labor to drop your tranny already might as well replace those synchros...... and tell me how much it costs too cuz i'm gonna need to do that soon

 

i suspect synchros...

brian-knows you shouldn't shift from 2nd to 4th

 

is it bad to down shift from 4th to 2nd?

 

do you hear any noises at high rpms? like rattling or tumling a metal part in a can? I just did mine last week, and by then I could double shift it fine up and down into 3,4 and 5th. -but the springs were toast on the clutchdisc.. I had figured I had bad syncros.
shifts easy now with the new clutch.
hope it your clutch and not a transmission issue.
could be your clutch cylinder too.... hope not, but that is an easy replacement.

 

i thought it was fine to skip gears??


no, it doesn't rattle at high RPMs..it's during the shift. If I shift into 5th at 110mph or around there, then it'll pop out, and I have to reduce speed, rev match(like always)..

 

i was quoted 3550 for a GSR clutch, synchros, and rebuild (recommended from dealer as synchros get in the tranny, destroying components or something, and this is not even replacing the gears..)!!!!

sounds like i need to sell the car if it's going to cost that much..

 

oh man, yes! u can bend the shi-p out of your valves like that! damn

 

That depends on how fast you are going. If you are at 7k in 4th gear you are obviously not going to be able to downshift to 2nd without over reving the engine.

However, if you are tooling around at 2k, skipping 3rd and downshifting to 2nd is not going to be a problem at all, for the engine or the tranny.

 

it's the fifth gear synchro . . . .. . .it needs to be replaced