Re: More transmission woes, shifting problem

[Frank Martin <fmartin@ithaca.edu>]

> From: Christopher Hanlon <cwhanlon@eai.com>
> Subject: More transmission woes, shifting problem. ('90 CQ20V)
>
> My second gear is getting increasingly hard to get into.  Especially
> when cold, it'll always have a soft grind, which I can feel through the
> shifter.
>
> My car has 83k miles on it, and I do not abuse it.  I've just replaced
> the tranny fluid, and that has had no effect.
>
> My first fear is that it is the 2nd gear syncros, of which there is
> nothing short of $$$$$ I can do about it.
>
> I'm going to have the clutch bled soon, hopefully that'll take care of
> the problem.
>
> Are there any other reasons second would be hard to get into?  When I
> bought the car 8000 miles ago, it didn't have any problems (of course I
> drive it a lot more in the city now, so maybe I didn't notice it).
>
> Any possibility that the shifter itself is trying to push second into
> the wrong plane?  (because of worn shifter linkage?)

Christopher,

Just a thought: does the shifting into second problem ease if you pull upward on the
shift lever while pulling back into second? Is it only second that has the problem, and
shifting into first is ok? If first is iffy and pulling up on the lever while shifting
into second has good effect, could point to the shift lever ball and saddle (don't know
the official name) being worn - drops the linkage down too far.

Frank M.
Odessa, NY
'90 200TQ
'88 Mazda 323 GTX
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