saud alzaabi

My friend owns 05 mustang as some know and it is a manual tranny it has over 130,000km on the mileage and now there is this problem in 2nd gear ... when upshifting of downshifting to second there is always this kshshs sound of the miss shift.. We changed the tranny oil recently and now he is thinking of getting spec stage 1 clutch with pressure plate and aluminum flywheel.. will this fix the problem ?

thanks

MusiccityGT

Sounds like a bad synchronizer. If that is the only gear he gets the grinding in, a clutch is not the answer.

CrazyAl

+1

Yep, sounds like a bad synchro to me too.

Wally39

Alot of miles for an 05

jdback19

Damn thats alot of miles!!! And you have a bad synchro!!

saud alzaabi

Ohh.. so whats a synchro ? And what is the solution ?

Btw the numbers I wrote re in KM .. but still its alot .. lol

wthalliii

The gears in a tranny are spinning at different speeds. As you slip it into gear, the synchronizer makes the two gears that are about to mesh spin at the same speed. If the synchro for a particular gear is not working, that gear will grind. You can keep them from grinding by double clutching, but that's an acquired skill, and a bit inconvenient. You can't speed shift if you double clutch, either. Better than grinding your gears. Even better would be to get it fixed.

MusiccityGT

Unfortunately Saud, there is no easy fix here. The trans will have to be torn into and gone through. Means it has to come out, so a clutch is a good idea at that point.

saud alzaabi

Dayum.. and how much is the syynchronizer going to cost ? Just alone without the tearing apart and installing.

CrazyAl

Synchros themselves are cheap. Probably less than $20. It is the labor that will get you!