Shifting to second grinds a little, shifting very slowly is better though Options

[olav]

I'm thinking I might need to replace my second gear syncro because once my tranny warms up, if I shift to fast (normal speed) I grind into second.

Since I'm going to fix my leaks I thought I'd just replace the syncro if that's what it might be.

Any opions? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

[olav]

Ok, just to follow up.

I've finished with the tranny fixes.

Last Friday I pulled the tranny.

Saturday I put in fresh 1st and 2nd gear synchros as they were getting tired. The second gear synchro was causing the grinding as it has no tension left in it and I replaced the 1st gear synchro since it gets used the most and only a bit of it gets hit so out it came for good measure. It was showing wear too.

All the gears and dogs teeth look fine so I fixed the issue before any expensive damage was done.

Also, there were NO gaskets on the intermediate plate, no shims either, just white goop

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif) in place of where gaskets should be.

That was the reason I had a tranny oil weeping problem.

Put in gaskets from the kit and the middle sized shim on the case side. That should to the trick.

Also replace speedo angle drive because it was leaking too, POS! Also, the O-ring.

Replaced input shaft seal too as a precaution, the old one was kind a hard and inflexible.

Put all together and dumped in some fresh tranny fluid, looks a lot nicer than the olden stuff, and put it back in the car Saturday night.

Didn't take to long and my car is back up and running with no leaks in the tranny dept and shifts awesomely now.

I got to regrease everything associated with tranny pulling like the shift linkage and throttle pully. Also, repacked my CV's with fresh grease and slapped on some new gaskets.

Everything looks pretty now down there.

Thanks for all the tips and ideas!!