In a message dated 5/30/99 7:35:49 PM EST, shmitty99@hotmail.com writes:
> don't know about mike's problem but it would stand to reason that if it
> was the clutch or hydraulic systems that the engagement problems would be
> the same on all gears.
Actually, no. Have you ever seen anyone "dry shift" a manual gearbox without
using the clutch? They can do this because the engine speed perfectly matches
the driveshaft speed and the gears cleanly mesh (oversimplification alert!).
Obviously
there is no way you can do this from a dead stop since the drive shaft speed
is
nothing and the engine speed is something, so if you have a mild case of
clutch dragging, it is most likely to show up in first or reverse. In the
upper gears, the
synchos can help mask a dragging clutch.
> I only get griding on 2nd if I try to downshift
> (which I just don't do anymore)
Try double clutching to match the revs. With a little practice, you will a
get
a clean downshift even with bad synchos or a dragging clutch.
> or if I redline 1st. Otherwise all the
> other gears slip in and out of engagement as I would expect them to. As I
> stated offlist, my reverse doesn't actually grind its just physically hard
> to get it through that gate. It always goes in there just usually take me
a
>
> few extra seconds. Personally I'm content on driving this transmission
> until it really starts failing in some major way, being that I'm on
> student's budget and away from my workshop.
>
> Ryan Smith
> 72 Emerald Green Spitfire
>
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