NO first gear unless i am completely stopped

[rtrocket59]

ever since i got a act2600 my car has been shifting kinda weird. i cant get into first unless the car is completly stopped, and its grinded really bad once or twice down to second and i didnt let me go to gear. im thinking maybe i just have to bleed the clutch or make a small adjustment, but i wanna see what you guys think before i do something. thanks for the help

 

[Aproductions]

Did you get a new flywheel/resurface your stock one?

 

[rtrocket59]

Did you get a new flywheel/resurface your stock one?

i bought the car with a light weight flywheel installed (not sure what brand) but yes it was resurfaced

 

[GRAVEDIGGER]

Make sure your pedal height and freeplay are adjusted properly. You can try to do a quick gravity bleed to see if that helps too. Good luck.

 

[rtrocket59]

is it bad if i drive around with it like this until i find time to bleed and adjust?

 

[TSi Kid]

is it bad if i drive around with it like this until i find time to bleed and adjust?

Yes, it's putting strain on the transmission because you're forcing it to go into gear when it's not able to. You'll be fine though if you just take it easy.

How're the other gears to get into?

Bleed it again, adjust the throw rod for the master cylinder and you should be fine. If that's not the case then I would look into whether or not the 2600 requires your flywheel to be stepped or not.

 

[rtrocket59]

Yes, it's putting strain on the transmission because you're forcing it to go into gear when it's not able to. You'll be fine though if you just take it easy.

How're the other gears to get into?

Bleed it again, adjust the throw rod for the master cylinder and you should be fine. If that's not the case then I would look into whether or not the 2600 requires your flywheel to be stepped or not.

the other gears are usually easy. like i said before it wouldnt go in to second once or twice and grinded real bad.

 

[TSi Kid]

That grinding is your syncros. If you can't get it not to grind regardless of how you drive then I would park it. After you figure out your problem drain your tranny fluid because you're going to have goldish specs that are your syncros in it.

 

[rtrocket59]

That grinding is your syncros. If you can't get it not to grind regardless of how you drive then I would park it. After you figure out your problem drain your tranny fluid because you're going to have goldish specs that are your syncros in it.

If iit continues I was planning on parking it but it only happened twice (iiin a row) after that I babied the trans and it hasn't happened so far. So change the fluid regardless?

 

[rtrocket59]

brought it to jnz tuning for this and some other work and they said the shifter bushings were completely shot, trans bracket was loose, and had a missing shoe. they also did clutch bleed and adjustment.
thanks for the feedback guys!

 

[andyb2637]

Better to do it now and get more life out of your trans before it gets pits and develops a need for the tranny oil's viscosity(with the metal flakes). Others could disagree with that but thats how tranny's shit the bed. Run to many miles on crappy tranny oil then your stuck with it. People debate this alot but I think it's a safer route by just changing it now.