1st gear

(-n0-) · 04-03-2006, 07:53 PM

Does anyone else hear and or feel a bump when shifting into first after coming to a stop? Is that normal?

wowowox · 04-03-2006, 09:34 PM

yes it is normal but feel like crap .

gomarlins3 · 04-04-2006, 07:03 PM

I don't have that in mine.

slimjim8201 · 04-05-2006, 02:00 PM

If you add a little pressure to the shifter (but not enough to engage the gear) for a quarter to half second before moving the shifter into position, you will avoid the clunk. The little knock you hear/feel occurs when the syncro can't work fast enough to equalize the speed between input and output shafts.

When you come to a stop and put the gearbox into neutral, there still may be a few rotating parts inside. The light pressure and slight delay on your part will avoid the clunking.

If you want to hear the syncros at work (and wear them out a bit), let your car coast at about 20 miles per hour in neutral with the clutch IN. VERY slowly try to put the car into first, without actually going all the way and engaging the gear. There will be a bit of resistance as first accompanied with a slight whine that will increase in pitch as you add more pressure. Eventually the whine will subside, the resistance will disapear, and the gear shift will slide into first like butter. Mechanical goodness

(-n0-) · 04-07-2006, 11:48 AM

the light pressure worked great! Thanks.
What are your normal rpms at idle?

04-03-2006, 07:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
(-n0-) Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 15	1st gear Does anyone else hear and or feel a bump when shifting into first after coming to a stop? Is that normal?

04-04-2006, 07:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
gomarlins3 "Enjoy the drive" Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kuna Idaho Posts: 2,644	I don't have that in mine. __________________ Yablownowitz Racing brought to you by Anytime Fitness. Happiness is a nice road, great weather, and driving the S with Sue in the seat next to me. "Whatever you do, where ever you go, enjoy the drive." I know for a FACT that the last year of production of the S2000 is 2003!!!!! After that, it will be the S2200 under an assumed name.

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04-03-2006, 09:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
wowowox Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 313	yes it is normal but feel like crap .

04-05-2006, 02:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
slimjim8201 Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 47	If you add a little pressure to the shifter (but not enough to engage the gear) for a quarter to half second before moving the shifter into position, you will avoid the clunk. The little knock you hear/feel occurs when the syncro can't work fast enough to equalize the speed between input and output shafts. When you come to a stop and put the gearbox into neutral, there still may be a few rotating parts inside. The light pressure and slight delay on your part will avoid the clunking. If you want to hear the syncros at work (and wear them out a bit), let your car coast at about 20 miles per hour in neutral with the clutch IN. VERY slowly try to put the car into first, without actually going all the way and engaging the gear. There will be a bit of resistance as first accompanied with a slight whine that will increase in pitch as you add more pressure. Eventually the whine will subside, the resistance will disapear, and the gear shift will slide into first like butter. Mechanical goodness

04-07-2006, 11:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
(-n0-) Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 15	the light pressure worked great! Thanks. What are your normal rpms at idle?