i did this again today... its been months since the last time i did it... and whats sad is that i did it at >8000 rpm!!! how do i know if the syncros are bad or my gear is chipped? hopefully it won't break down on me...

 

so you were in 2nd then 3rd, why would this be a misshift?

Actually, why do people misshift?

 

it didnt go into 3rd.. instead, it went GGGGRRRRRRRRRRKKKKKK... ouch... man.. it hurts

 

Do you mean 2nd -> 1st

I don't know, I've asked myself that.

 

nope... from 2nd up to 3rd, but it didnt go in... like i said, its not the first time...

 

the 3rd to 4th (miss) and go into 2nd is a notoriously easy miss....i bent some valves recently on that one


[Modified by EPGONZALEZ, 9:08 PM 1/11/2002]

 

i've done it, but mainly from 2nd to third if any.. but yea it happens ..

tj

 

I've done it a few times. Feels and sounds worse than anything in the world. Makes me cringe

 

try changing your tranny oil(if you havent yet) also you might want to invest in some new Shift Bushigns. That might help. If the problem still occurs, i'd just baby it into gear.

 

that is not really a miss shift. a miss shift would be trying to go in 4th from 3rd and going into 2nd by mistake. this will throw your rpms past 10k where you will float valves and more evilish things.
I have grinded my gears a few times and its not a big deal. it happens from time to time.

 

The 2-3 shift is easy to miss since you are trying to catch up to the motor which is rocking forward. Ive found that motor mount inserts help a great deal.

 

Yeah, I botched up a few 2-3 shifts at really inopportune times .....

The worst was when I had taken Sgt off the line, and was still beating him at half track with my best ever 60', and 1/8th time ever (would have been a 13.7 run, same day I did the 13.87). F--ked up the shift, and he passed me to win. So he made it to the finals, and I picked up my $50 for making the semis ...... oh well!

 

were you in any sort of racing situation? maybe you just got hurried and didn't get the clutch all the way in. it sounds stupid but it happens... if the car still shifts fine, you probably don't have anything to worry about.


[Modified by delinquent, 10:17 PM 1/11/2002]

 

i haven't miss shift form 2nd to 3rd but i have grinded the gear severely in 1st to 2nd well what happened was i let go of my clutch before i got into gear and that is the worst i have had

 

Just shift it and don't try to guide it.
Like when you go from 2nd to third, you just push it up easily and NOT try to turn it a bit right then up.
It's hard to explain. I have been driving for 11 years now and never misshifted. I have stalled the engine when I was learning but that was about it.

 

Uhh thanks...did you get that EP...hehe

 

phew... thas a relief... i thought i was the only idiot to grind gears... hehe

 

Aren't synchro the hard-to-reach = expensive labor headache?
Have anyone acutually went replacing it? How much is it labor+part?

I grind 1st - 2nd more than I grind 2 to 3rd. Maybe 5 vs 3 times.
And weird thing is that I hardly grind gears on autox/road, the most a misshift. But I grind&miss more frequently on the street...it usually happens when I am "thinking to shift fast" and the next thing you hear is ggeeekeeekeek. I guess I should rely on my instinct to shift more.





[Modified by nEoMuGen, 8:47 AM 1/12/2002]

 

ES shift bushings and rear motor mount inserts will cure this. Then all misshifts are driver error.

 

ES shifter bushings

I used to mis-shift in my R a lot when i first got it. You just have to practice (meaning dont shift as fast as you can all the time but get better at it over a period of time trying to shift faster and faster...you get what i mean) over and over to be able to shift smoothly/fast on every occasion. I still grind every once in a while but the bushings like i said help the feel of the shifter. When i grinded the gears regularly i thought about getting the C's short shifter thinking that the stock shifter was too long but once i got the hang of it i love my stock shifter. So smooth!

Mike

 

got it

rookie mistake...