I was driving friday night on the freeway getting onto the off ramp late at night so i decided to speed up. i scratched 3rd gear pretty good for like 2 seconds, which is a long time. but i shifted into the other gears with no problems. 30 seconds later i get off the freeway and it was hard to shift into gears. IT was a real struggle to get to gears... so i got scared and drove home. I waited until the car cooled down and checked to see if i can shift gears while the car was off and i was able to. I turned on the car and pressed the clutch to see if i could change gears but it did the same thing... I took out the tranny... Looked at the flywheel and it looked realll good, it wasnt warped. The clutch disk was worn down and had a HAIR left on the pads. my nail could barely stop on the grooves. the pressure plate was still ok too, not too bad, but had some wear on the outer sides. but the clutch on both sides were worn down evenly... is that my tranny or my clutch that is the problem?
Another thing that scared me...
While i was taking the tranmission apart, some fluid came out of the transmission, not near the axles. It didnt have much smell, it looked like tranmission fluid but it didnt smell like it. It wasnt oild either. When i took a look at the tranmission everything was bone dry with red, no leaks. so im like huh?
Third gear grinds too, but 2000 miles later the clutch died, so could it be the clutch too?
So my question is...
The reason i cant shift, is that because of the clutch or my tranmission?
and could third gear grind because the clutch was bad?
help is greatly apprechiated.
If its the clutch i plan on buying an exedy clutch disc for 48-50 bucks and throw it in until i have enough money for a whole motor rebuild.
If your clutch is worn down it could cause the grinding as it would not be fully disengaging, but this would cause all your gears to grind which leads me to want to say that your third gear syncro might be to blame for the engagement issues.
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[quote]Originally posted by wnoble
If the clutch is worn, it will slip, not grind when shifting. [quote]
when my brothers clutch went it would not fully disengage when the clutch was depressed, from a stop and driving it would grind real bad
Probably the pressure plate was bad too. That will cause grinding if it will not completely disengage. But a worn clutch alone will not cause grinding.
Sounds like it is not throwing out properly (disengaging). If the tranny is in the car, put it in first, push the clutch all the way in and start the car. If it feels like it is in gear or the motor bogs, that is definitely the problem.
Could be synchro problem, but that usually does not affect all the gears at once, but one or two at a time.
Lastly, if your fluid leaked out for some reason, the synchros will not work properly. Make sure your tranny fluid level is okay.
Originally posted by FastNSX Sounds like it is not throwing out properly (disengaging). If the tranny is in the car, put it in first, push the clutch all the way in and start the car. If it feels like it is in gear or the motor bogs, that is definitely the problem.
Could be synchro problem, but that usually does not affect all the gears at once, but one or two at a time.
Lastly, if your fluid leaked out for some reason, the synchros will not work properly. Make sure your tranny fluid level is okay.
Yea i tried that before i took the tranmission apart... when i shifted gears, it would bog as i shifted but was ok after that. its just really hard to get into gears. pressure plate looked good, the clutch disc looked worn out, but was hard to keep my nails from going around the disc, it had a hair of meat left on the disc.
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