Swordsmith
242hp/252 ft-lbs BNR EFI
In the past week or so, I've developed some transmission troubles.
Primary problem, going into 3rd at relatively high speed, I get a grinding noise and some difficultly shifting into the gear. Seems to develop at around 40, doesn't matter if I'm coming out of 2nd or out of 4th, 5th, or 6th. Slower than 40 (or maybe 38) its no problem, above 40 (or maybe as high as 42), grinding. Clutch pedal is firmly on the floor for this, and it doesn't happen in any other gear.
(edit to add) Note that I go into 3rd from 2nd at speeds as low as 25 to as high as 56, and I go into 3rd from higher gears at speeds as high as 75, in the normal course of events. Been doing so for months, this problem is a very recent development.
Second problem, three separate instances, gearshift has gone all glue-y, doesn't want to move, doesn't want to go in any gear. Push it back and forth (still glue-y) in neutral and it reluctantly loosens up and then will go into gear, where it may or may not remain glue-y for another shift or so, at any rate it gradually loosens back up to it's good old smooth as silk feel. Then it's good for days, maybe... it hasn't happened much and hasn't been happening for long, so I don't have a good sample size.
I haven't noticed any pattern to this latter behavior, it isn't happening after a 3rd gear grind, it isn't happening only when first starting out, or at any given speed; well maybe the latter, it is happening at city/suburb speeds, but of course that's where most shifting happens.
Any ideas as to what this is likely to be would be appreciated; I have an aftermarket clutch, my local Chevy dealership would be happy to cover a new transmission or monkey with the shifter linkages if the fault is there somewhere but not a new clutch or if the problem was caused by the clutch.
On the one hand it doesn't strike me as a clutch problem since the main issue is specific to one particular gear. On the other hand, the "glue" problem is universal when it happens, and also the 3rd gear problem sounds and feels like the clutch isn't engaged, even though it is certainly all the way on the floor. Reading some of the other reported shifting problems, the shifter linkages is something I hadn't even considered but would be my favorite since there's very little chance problems there were caused by my clutch.
Primary problem, going into 3rd at relatively high speed, I get a grinding noise and some difficultly shifting into the gear. Seems to develop at around 40, doesn't matter if I'm coming out of 2nd or out of 4th, 5th, or 6th. Slower than 40 (or maybe 38) its no problem, above 40 (or maybe as high as 42), grinding. Clutch pedal is firmly on the floor for this, and it doesn't happen in any other gear.
(edit to add) Note that I go into 3rd from 2nd at speeds as low as 25 to as high as 56, and I go into 3rd from higher gears at speeds as high as 75, in the normal course of events. Been doing so for months, this problem is a very recent development.
Second problem, three separate instances, gearshift has gone all glue-y, doesn't want to move, doesn't want to go in any gear. Push it back and forth (still glue-y) in neutral and it reluctantly loosens up and then will go into gear, where it may or may not remain glue-y for another shift or so, at any rate it gradually loosens back up to it's good old smooth as silk feel. Then it's good for days, maybe... it hasn't happened much and hasn't been happening for long, so I don't have a good sample size.
I haven't noticed any pattern to this latter behavior, it isn't happening after a 3rd gear grind, it isn't happening only when first starting out, or at any given speed; well maybe the latter, it is happening at city/suburb speeds, but of course that's where most shifting happens.
Any ideas as to what this is likely to be would be appreciated; I have an aftermarket clutch, my local Chevy dealership would be happy to cover a new transmission or monkey with the shifter linkages if the fault is there somewhere but not a new clutch or if the problem was caused by the clutch.
On the one hand it doesn't strike me as a clutch problem since the main issue is specific to one particular gear. On the other hand, the "glue" problem is universal when it happens, and also the 3rd gear problem sounds and feels like the clutch isn't engaged, even though it is certainly all the way on the floor. Reading some of the other reported shifting problems, the shifter linkages is something I hadn't even considered but would be my favorite since there's very little chance problems there were caused by my clutch.
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