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Del sol 3rd gear grind!! Help

Old 04-11-2013, 10:14 AM
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Default Del sol 3rd gear grind!! Help

B16 always grinds going into third low Rpms or high Rpms. This only happened after I changed my mounts to stiffer mounts and running a stage 4 clutch. I even changed trannys and it still does it. Also I'm running a synchromesh too. If I shift fast it grinds but if I depress the clutch and wait a few seconds it won't grind going into third. What could be my deal here??
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Default Re: Del sol 3rd gear grind!! Help

It does it in no other gears? just 3rd?
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Just third
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Default Re: Del sol 3rd gear grind!! Help

You might just have 2 bad 3rd gear synchro's my gsr 3 and only 3rd grinds. don't suppose you have a 3rd trans lying around you could try
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Default Re: Del sol 3rd gear grind!! Help

by replacing the motor mounts...it would not have caused the trans to all of a sudden start grinding going into 3rd, regardless.
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Default Re: Del sol 3rd gear grind!! Help

Yeah idk this is weird
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Default Re: Del sol 3rd gear grind!! Help

Is the clutch properly installed?
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Default Re: Del sol 3rd gear grind!! Help

I've heard the B series has a knack for 3rd gear grinding.
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Default Re: Del sol 3rd gear grind!! Help

Yeah my cousins ls vtec always had a problem with the b16 tranny...
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Default Re: Del sol 3rd gear grind!! Help

Clutch is installed fine.
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