Well it's been about 6000kms since the last time I opened up the tranny to fix the 3rd gear grind....

And about a 100kms ago I noticed 3rd was developing a scratch again....

I could feel the weight of my wallet decreasing exponentially as I would likely have to pull the tranny out again.

**** IT.... **** me off...I wandered into GM and was greeted by what looked like David Spade as the parts manager...weird...even acted like him too.... WTF??

Came home and tonite I swapped out my OE tranny fluid for the new GM goodies. My tranny drain plug magnet looked like it was possessed.... I went driving for an hour and noticed that worn 010s really suck in the rain....but overal shifts no matter 1st reverse....5th and everything in between engaged a lot smoother even when I initially ran OE honda fluids in the trans. I would have to BEAT on the tranny before the Honda MTF "loosened" up but the GM just felt slick even with just puttering around driving.

2nd gear high rpm shift to 3rd was smooth.... No grinds... anybody else find that GM seems to be better than Honda MTF?

Seems to be ok for now.... praying it's all that it takes ..... !

 

Fug an A, you beat me to my experiment

 

good one pat

 

u must baby your baby

 

Excuse my ignorance...but what is GM?

 

GM as in General Motors.

 

NEVER!

Beat the living snot outta it.... which by proxy means I'm beating the crap outta my wallet...whoooT!

 

Maybe its the pic right under your screen name causing that LOL

 

imo the gm synchromesh blows away the honda mtf. it's the same **** that the vettes use in their trannys, great stuff

only thing is cost, $10 a qt.

 

Oh i see...Thanks. I was thinking that but was thinking no way.

I must have missed the post about using GM tranny fluid???


[Modified by Chaze*R, 11:55 PM 11/5/2002]

 

Shiet... BEN!!!! It's.....not......ok.....fine..it's true..... if I could only beat on her like I beat on my car.....!!!



Lucas: I picked the GM poop for like 7bux CAD. You are getting ripped on!!

 

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

she OWNS you

BAHAHAHAHAH

ok, i'll shut up now

 

somehow with that avatar pic of RA and his title of "me raging" doesn't go quite well together. is he happy or is he angry?
who knows...... but i suggest RA should get new title as "me gaying" !!!

 

I can't believe you said that.

 

Aight..this means war..... you just wait and see you **** probing butt buglar....!

 

So you traded dirty Honda MTF for clean crisp new GM Syncromesh, and you notice that shifting is better? Somehow, I am not surprised.

 

NO DUH....

but based on my experiences with the Honda MTF it didn't even feel this way when it was cold and most importantly when it was NEW.

Sorry I didn't make it clear.....

the fluid is like 3000kms if anything.... when was the last time any of you changed it that frequently?

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5th and everything in between engaged a lot smoother even when I initially ran OE honda fluids in the trans.
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[Modified by RagingAngel, 2:52 AM 11/6/2002]

 

I've got wicked mad grindage from 2nd to 3rd. Perhaps I'll swap out my honda mtf for some GM junk and see how it likes it Thanks for the post dude... It's the fizzle

 

I really hope it works for ya.... since it was intended only to hopefully solve light grinds....

I had bad grindage prior to my last rebuild and no snake oil could fix it..... gave up and pulled the stupid thing.....

Good luck!

 

i recently purchased a 99 si tranny and the 3rd gear was chip grinding at high rpm then i put gm oil in there and it helped a bit but still does it, what do u think the problem is since u have had past problems with 3rd gear, oh yea when i opened the tranny the syncro looked fine

thanks

 

I've run 10w/30 in my tranny and I will never do it again.
I've run redline MTF in my tranny, and I will never do it again.
I've run GM synhromesh in my tranny, and it worked pretty well...

But nothing beats oem Honda MTF in my ITR lsd equipped GSR tranny now.
No grinds, no missed shifts, no scary noises. Imho, Honda oem fluid is the best, and if it's changed regularly (5000-7500km on a raced vehicle) you won't have any issues.

 

Won't say I am a pro....but you learn a bit more each time you break something....

If the actual syncro the teeth look fine....maybe it's the syncro hub... cuz it's suppose to be sprung that could be the issue.

Tranny experts help to correct my guess here!

hypa....GM RULES....for now.....

 

how do i tell if its shot also, can i buy this part individually or do i need to buy the whole syncro package?

 

ive tried em all, dino oil, synthetic, redline mtf,honda mtf, and the gm synchromesh is by far the best imo. don't get me wrong the honda fluid is good too but the gm stuff edges it out a little.

 

You can tell by the way the syncro teeth are shaped...if they are round..then it's not so good at all.....

Not sure about what Honda US/Canada makes you do....but in Japan you can buy them individually.....

http://www.aj-racing.com for the hookup!

GM SYNCROMESH!!!