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hard to shift, mostly in first and second, CLUTCH OR TRANNY?
Posted: April 18th, 2011, 8:52 pm
by mitchell_jarvis
so i have a mx3, with the klze swap
i have a had time shifting from first second.
if i ever wanted to race this thing on the drag shifting would kill me alone. its mostly at high revs when it is really hard to shift.
is this my clutch or tranny? maybe my master cylinder?
any help is appriciated.
Re: hard to shift, mostly in first and second, CLUTCH OR TRA
Posted: April 18th, 2011, 9:44 pm
by Ryan
grind or doesn't let you in?
Re: hard to shift, mostly in first and second, CLUTCH OR TRA
Posted: April 19th, 2011, 5:55 pm
by mitchell_jarvis
doesnty grind, just extremly hard to get into gear especially at high rmps. almost i have a short throw shifter
Re: hard to shift, mostly in first and second, CLUTCH OR TRA
Posted: October 6th, 2011, 5:27 pm
by mitchell_jarvis
just to let ppl know for when they sure this topic or have the same problem, it was my throw out bearing, it was demolished because the previous owner hadnt put the pilet bearing in, so it screwed my tranny and throw out bearing, clutch, pressure plate...luckly i had a spare tranny and got a stage two clutch, pressure plate, throw out bearing and pilot bearing off kijiji the next day for 80 bucks.
Re: hard to shift, mostly in first and second, CLUTCH OR TRA
Posted: October 16th, 2011, 6:13 am
by MrMazda92
Well, I'm glad to know you resolved this.
I actually have a hard time popping it into 2nd above 5k RPMs, ONLY if I'm still accelerating though. If you're careful and keep even throttle you shouldn't have a problem, but If you dump the clutch while you're throttling up... It can be difficult to go into gear, even without problems.
Re: hard to shift, mostly in first and second, CLUTCH OR TRA
Posted: October 16th, 2011, 9:44 am
by Ryan
Its because 1st is way too short, you need to rev match a little to help the synchros out. I misshift 2nd all the time when I'm in a hurry.
Re: hard to shift, mostly in first and second, CLUTCH OR TRA
Posted: October 16th, 2011, 6:02 pm
by MrMazda92
Ryan wrote:Its because 1st is way too short, you need to rev match a little to help the synchros out. I misshift 2nd all the time when I'm in a hurry.
I'll say, it's literally impossible for me to go into 1st unless I'm completely stopped. Basically it means rush hour traffic is truly start and stop, since I can't keep it in 2nd, and can't keep it in first.
