Re: 3rd gear doin' the grind

[Alexei M Voloshin <Alexei.M.Voloshin-1@tc.umn.edu>]

John,
try sincronizing revs as close as you can when you switch into third, see if 
the grind goes away then. If it does, I vote for fried syncro as well. 
Also try double declutching (pressing clutch, taking out of 2nd, 
4th...whatever, relesing clutch, pressing clutch again and then shifting 
into 3rd, but you probably knew it anyway), and see if it goes away then.

Alex

On Sun, 8 Sep 1996, John P Mahala wrote:

> For a while, my '91 coupe quattro has had this nasty habit of grinding
> it's way into 3rd gear if I take 2nd gear above approx. 5000 rpms before
> shifting.  Chances are that this is not the norm and I am curious as to
> the advice you guys might have on this problem.  Should I start looking
> for a new clutch?  A new tranny perhaps?(Please, dear God, no)  Would
> adjusting the clutch help?  If so, how does one go about doing it?
> 
> Right now I am planning on having the tranny oil changed and hopefully
> that will solve the problem.  I am not going to hold my breath though.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> JP Mahala (jpmahala@juno.com)
> 
> '91 Coupe Quattro
>