the bolt that you take off to drain the tranny fluid.. well, it was completely loose, so i tightened up today and i tightened it pretty good... but then i couldn't put my car in 1st or 2nd.. so i loosened the bolt a bit and it was fine.. im just wondering exactly how this bolt works and what's the torque spec of it? thanks

 

Uh, that drain plug should have absolutely no effect on shift feel/quality. do you have the factory on in there? It's just a plug: counterclockwise to open, clockwise to tighten. Nothing special. Always use a new aluminum crush washer and tighten til snug (doesn't need to be excessively tight, but shouldn't be turnable by hand).

We are talking about the one that you need a 3/8" square drive to loosen, right?

 

i have a JDM ITR tranny, but it's a 12mm bolt and liquid comes out if i take it off, it's where we drained the tranny fluid when we flushed it last time... but this is the 2nd time ive experienced this... if i overtighten it, it doesn't allow me to go into 1st or 2nd gear so i hafta loosen it a bit...

 

which bolt are you taking off?
the one with the spring and the ball bearing?

 

sound like your draining it from the bolts that hold the shifter fork
which is wrong

 

the bolt on the way right in the pic is the one that came loose..

 

Sounds like he is hitting the detent, doesn't it? The drain plug is at the very bottom (faces right side of vehicle, driver's perspective, of course) of the tranny and is removed by inserting the square drive of a 3/8" ratchet into the bolt. The 12mm drive bolt we suspect you of removing is probably the shift detent ball. This is a hollow shaft bolt with a spring inside, which pushes a ball bearing against the shift selector inside the tranny, keeping it in the gear you select. Carefully try pulling that bolt out (careful not to lose the little ball bearing) and see if the springs damaged or you have some foreign material in there. If that's not the bolt you're hitting, try posting a pic for us!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lke2drvgsr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the bolt on the way right in the pic is the one that came loose..</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, your def ****** with the wrong bolt
don't mess with that one, it won't drain your transmission well anyway


get a new crush washer for the one you messed with

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kchungb17a &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sounds like he is hitting the detent, doesn't it? The drain plug is at the very bottom (faces right side of vehicle, driver's perspective, of course) of the tranny and is removed by inserting the square drive of a 3/8" ratchet into the bolt. The 12mm drive bolt we suspect you of removing is probably the shift detent ball. This is a hollow shaft bolt with a spring inside, which pushes a ball bearing against the shift selector inside the tranny, keeping it in the gear you select. Carefully try pulling that bolt out (careful not to lose the little ball bearing) and see if the springs damaged or you have some foreign material in there. If that's not the bolt you're hitting, try posting a pic for us! </TD></TR></TABLE>

it's definitely that bolt, i remember the ball and spring when we last did the tranny fluid change and had no clue what that thing was... so what's the torque spec supposed to be at??