[s-cars] Subject: Re: 6 speed?

[Robert Rossato]

The wider 1st gear didn't come into play until around May/June 1995.
The '95.5 models definitely had them and maybe some of the very late
'95s did.  This was also an issue with early CBL and CGR 6-spds.

But, so what.  It's just noise.  At least the whiney 1st gear failure.
There's another failure mode that results in constant ticking in all
gears which may be more serious, but that seemed to be mainly '92 & '93
as I recall.  

Just continue enjoying the car as it was intended.  The gearbox doesn't
care.  I've tried to break mine and it mocks me.  No need to pussyfoot
around.

Bob - w/60k miles of hard launches on a whiney 1st gear

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of 
> djdawson2 at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:12 PM
> To: tom at freeskier.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Subject: Re: 6 speed?
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> You have an S6.? Crawl under and look at its serial number.? 
> If it is CBD 79445 or higher, it is a 5 speed with a wide 
> first gear, and likely will perform well with power mods.
> 
> The earlier trans have a narrow first gear... high torque 
> loads lead to a failure of the surface of the gear, and it 
> begins to sound like a cement mixer in first gear.
> 
> Chances are good, since you own an S6, you have the better trans.
> 
> For all you could ever want to know, read Charlie's 
> website... Chris posted the link.
> 
> HTH,
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Winter <tom at freeskier.com>
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Cc: djdawson2 at aol.com
> Sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 1:52 pm
> Subject: Subject: Re: [s-cars] 6 speed?
> 
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> 
> djdawson2 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > If you have an S6, it appears that you are safe.? With an 
> S4, it is just a
> matter of when.
> 
> Dave, or anyone else, can you elaborate? I just upgraded my 
> exhaust manifold
> to RS2, with additions to follow. God forbid I now need to go 
> with a $ix
> $peed tranny, too.
> 
> Tom '95 S6 Avant
> 
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