reddave

All ready posted this somewhere but for the life of me can't find it.

Honda drove my car round the block and said I need a syncro sleave 3rd 4th .gave me a quote that nearly made me faint!!

Basically when changing from 2nd to 3rd at and at any speed even 2000revs as it passes the nutral position there's a sharp notch before going fully into 3rd.
Even with minimal revs it doesn't it.
Done a transmission oil change.and clutch oil change and made no difference.

Is it possible it could be anything else like clutch?

I'm shifting properly and folliwing the h pattern ultra slow and still makes no difference.

I get the idea the slower I shift the worse it feels.

Thx

Dave

Carl Bourbon

This sounds very gear specific and I had it with 5th due to skipping gears.
Unfortunately is sounds like your synchro set for 3rd(and 4th) is slightly damaged. Second hand boxes aren't too pricey I don't think and there are specific companies who can fix it.

I completely lost my 5th eventually and had to take my box to bits and fix it.

Personally for the price of a repair I'd go for a second hand box.

lovegroova

It might also be a bent shift fork, which can be repaired for nothing by working the box (with the clutch down) whilst the engine is switched off.

Good luck.

reddave

Problem is I won't know what it is till they take a look which means labour!
It does it sometimes when I go into 5th as well.over the last week it has got worse.

Will need to find a garage I can trust as they could say anything lol.

Thx for the replies I was hoping there was a cheaper route I could try.or a way of knowing it was Def syncros.


Thx

Dave

MattyH

I ended up having the second gear syncro go on mine and just ended up replacing the box, it can be done in a day and a replacement box only costs about 300 quid.

reddave

Not sure where I can source a box from?
Just been out in it again.
Coasting along at 20mph clutch in touch 2nd then keep clutch in in 3rd massive notch. Still don't let go of clutch and repeat 2nd then 3rd and notch! Going high revs if I use the diagnol approach rather than h movement it's better??

Better start saving ma pennies up.
It's in the garage tomorrow for new starter motor!

Dave

reddave

Not sure if this makes a difference but my tranmission oil change was done with
Granville semi synthetic 75w/90 does say designed for 5 speed gearboxes?

Dave

mdb_75

That's way too thick! Get some Honda MTF3 and try that in there. You might need to change it a couple of times to flush that other stuff out too.

mdb_75

You can also use Redline MTL 75W/80 if you prefer.

reddave

Oh ok thx.

Don't suppose anything to do with the notch?

Thx


Dave