synchros or pressure plate
10-19-2011, 04:42 PM
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synchros or pressure plate
wanted to get yalls opinions on something. this past weekend i went to MSR in houston (its a road course for those that dont know) and ran my car pretty damn hard to find out the limits of my new konis. in total i was on track for an hour. towards the end of each of my 30 minute runs, when i would shift into 3rd it was grinding like crazy. and these are quick shifts too, especially with the MGW short shifter. also, on my cool down laps, i would slowly shift into 5th, and get a grinding noise as well. even when i left the track and got on the freeway, it was still grinding going into 5th. now both these problems have been happening with my car before, but never to this extent. i noticed the 5th gear problem about a year ago, when i would downshift to pass someone on the freeway, run it up to a highish RPM (like 3500), and put it in 5th at a normal speed, there was grinding. the 3rd gear thing didnt start till last winter, and only really happened until it got warmed up. now tho, anytime i shift fairly quickly into 3rd, theres grinding. also sometimes at a stop i cant get the car into 1st. i either have to really slam it in, or double clutch. after doing a forum search, i think it is either the pressure plate or the synchros, but i have no idea which one. im gonna try changing the transmission fluid to the penz synchromesh, but any other ideas or comments would be welcome!
10-20-2011, 03:30 AM
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i had a similar problem when shifting into 5th under medium to medium hard acceleration, (ie. freeway onramps) I took it to ford because I am still under warranty and turns out the synchros were bad and needed to be replaced. I don't drive my car hard very often and haven't tracked it so its just a poorly built transmission. I think i have heard of some people going with some high end transmission fluid after hearing grinding and some have reported less after the change, Or if you are under warranty still go to ford and tell them TO FIX IT!
10-20-2011, 03:38 PM
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yea i might take it to ford but idk if its covered. im over 35k miles but i think thats just the bumper to bumper. but i thought i looked in my car stuff and it said the powertrain is covered to 60k. this might be a noob question but is the tranny part of the powertrain? and i hope they dont give me **** on the short shifter either if i do take it in
10-20-2011, 05:45 PM
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yea i might take it to ford but idk if its covered. im over 35k miles but i think thats just the bumper to bumper. but i thought i looked in my car stuff and it said the powertrain is covered to 60k. this might be a noob question but is the tranny part of the powertrain? and i hope they dont give me **** on the short shifter either if i do take it in
10-21-2011, 12:50 AM
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And yes they will give you grief about the about shifter. When they were fixing mine they called me and asked if my shifter was aftermarket.(luckily its only a ****) so i think they were and will try to weasel out of warranty work. I would replace your shifter with the stock one...
10-21-2011, 07:26 AM
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And yes they will give you grief about the about shifter. When they were fixing mine they called me and asked if my shifter was aftermarket.(luckily its only a ****) so i think they were and will try to weasel out of warranty work. I would replace your shifter with the stock one...