Tranny problem after expo..

naDC2R · Post by **naDC2R** » June 16th, 2006, 8:05 am

so drivin around the track i had no problems at all with goin thru the gears, especially since i was mostly into 3rd and 4th on track. On the drive home (about a 5hr drive), i was mostly cruisin into 4th and 5th, averagin bout 140km/h except in construction zones. So anyways, after the long drive, i get into my city, i get to a red light, i stop, then i get a green, i go to put it into 1st, and it just grinds like crazy....then at the next light, it wouldnt go into 1st at all, so i tried startin it from 2nd, and it grinds again...i was like wtfff!! and even right now, same deal, it will not go smoothly into 1st or 2nd, and 1st feels like its lockin up or somethin.
Anyone have any idea what happend to my tranny?!?!

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » June 16th, 2006, 10:17 am

Sounds like clutch, but check all other things first before pulling the transmission.

naDC2R · Post by **naDC2R** » June 16th, 2006, 10:47 am

if it was the clutch, wouldnt i notice some kind of slipping...cause it grabs like from day one (its an ACT 6puck HD).

get RIGHT · Post by **get RIGHT** » June 16th, 2006, 11:01 am

Possibly the release bearing. Have the fluids been checked already?

Erik95LS · Post by **Erik95LS** » June 16th, 2006, 11:07 am

Did you let Mugen Mike touch your car? That would do it for sure.

Bbasso · Post by **Bbasso** » June 16th, 2006, 11:27 am

The clutch surface could be intact, and still give you problems because of the springs that seem to break their mounting points. If the spring breaks loose it will cause the car not to go into gear. It happened to me on the road in Fl last year. the only solution was to replace it.

Erik95LS · Post by **Erik95LS** » June 16th, 2006, 11:49 am

Bbasso wrote:The clutch surface could be intact, and still give you problems because of the springs that seem to break their mounting points. If the spring breaks loose it will cause the car not to go into gear. It happened to me on the road in Fl last year. the only solution was to replace it.

Same thing happened to me last fall.

walker111 · Post by **walker111** » June 16th, 2006, 12:45 pm

This is what happened to your clutch. Happened to me a few weeks ago....

ITR862 · Post by **ITR862** » June 17th, 2006, 5:24 am

Its a or all the springs in your clutch plate. Mine did the same thing a couple of years ago. All of a sudden I couldn't get into any gear. When we took the clutch out one of the springs fell on the ground in a couple of pieces. Mine was an ACT too. It only lasted about a year.

Maybe its common. Ive had my stock clutch for 2 years and it is still perfect.

naDC2R · Post by **naDC2R** » June 17th, 2006, 7:57 am

So, it might be the springs then therefore i cant use 1st and 2nd, but how come the other gears work perfectly fine? Either way the tranny is coming off as soon as i get some time to do all that, and ill probably end up replacing a whole bunch of stuff anyways.