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- Path: sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!leland.Stanford.EDU!eap
- From: eap@leland.Stanford.EDU (Eric Perozziello)
- Subject: Re: grinding gears when revving engine at high speed
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.181900.25643@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <tr.712338722@samadams>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 18:19:00 GMT
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- >When I rev the engine to nearly redline, shifting to second gear is
- >very tricky. I try to pull the shifter into second, and instead of
- >going in, it gives resistance and the transmission makes a very loud
- >grinding sound. What causes this? More importantly, what is the
- >proper way to shift quickly in this situation?
- >--
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- The synchro's in the tranny can't make the 9000 RPM clutch match the
- NEW say, 5000-6000 RPM input shaft speed, if you were to engage into
- the next higher gear.
- You could try double-clutching, or shifting g after holding the cluthc
- down for a sec, but I guess youre in a hurry if youre shifting at 9 G :^)
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