Syncro help on an AP2
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I bought my MY07 brand new in January this year. The gear changes are notchy when cold and especially for me since I very rarely drive my car (weekend car).
Once it warms up it is fine so I think you have nothing to worry about. My car has just over 3000km's in almost 12 months and it feels the same as when I drove it off the showroom floor. I think your just being pedantic, nothing to stress over I reckon!!
Once it warms up it is fine so I think you have nothing to worry about. My car has just over 3000km's in almost 12 months and it feels the same as when I drove it off the showroom floor. I think your just being pedantic, nothing to stress over I reckon!!
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snakeeater Posted on Dec 16 2008, 05:35 PM
Absolutely true, but... have a bit of air the the clutch slave, too much play in the pedal linkage, a sticky clutch disk on its splines, non lubricated slave push rod, old oil and its much much worse than it should be.
No smooth technique will fix that.
In order to get a racier feel, Honda spec'ed a sporty gearbox. The Aisin 6 speed has reducer gear at the tranny output, rather than at the input. Add the high engine speed at the input side to the tranny. So you are changing gears while the tranny's main- and counter-shafts rotate at relatively high speed. This makes the gears rather notchy, since the synchro's have to work at high speeds. A bit of grinding, especially into 2nd gear, is pretty common on this car, especially when tranny oil is still cold.
No smooth technique will fix that.
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