Epd711

My 1998 Mustang GT 5 Speed has 2 problems im a little concerned about.</P>


First of all:</P>


Sometimes, shifting into 3rd gear, it grinds. Its only been 3rd gear and im not doing anything wrong; clutch is fully depressed and whatnot. Im afraid the grinding is going to cause i bigger problem. Does anyone know what the problem is or if a short throw shifter can help</P>


Secondly:</P>


When taking a corner hard or long, the rear end of the car makes a dry, rubbing noise. Its coming from the rear of the car, I have no payed much attention to that but more details will be on the way</P>


Thanks Alot</P>

redneck101

I had the exact same problem with my car. I hate to say it, but you have a bad syncro for the third gear, and if its been doing the grindind for more than a few days, you also will need to replace third gear. I had mine repaired, and the warranty total was a few dollars over $1000, but of course thats the dealership cost. Mine started this problem when I was using the short throw shifter, so adding one will do nothing for the problem. Good luck..

Epd711

I dunno if this will sound stupid to you or not, but today i tried double clutching 3rd gear, and no grinding at all. Right now i dont have 1 g to spend on my car since im a high school student with a tight budget but i had a feelin it was the syncro. Thanks Alot for the advice, i appreciate it</P>

vfast

the synco are going...but your cable may have stretch..my advice is to skip 3rd as much as possible and try saving some $$$$$ i do the 1-2-4 shift will no problems..

w11988

Good call vfast. If you need to save dough, its pretty easy to work around 2nd or 3rd gear.

Epd711

thanks for the advice. last night in bed i was thinkin if i could work around 3rd gear as much as possible so it sounds like a plan</P>

hotrodman

sncyosdamn..<IMG src=smileys/smiley11.gif border="0"> <edited><editID>hotrodman</editID><editDate>38026.0531134259</editDate></edited>

N2OJunkie

hotrodman, you are staring to sound like hang10, a lot of post whoring<IMG src=smileys/smiley11.gif border="0">

hotrodman

....getting pretty close tothe record post for the day..what did he have 80 post in a day,,,thats alot of crap....<IMG src=smileys/smiley5.gif border="0">

Snake Stompa

i think they call that not having a life