I have '97 Sentra with manual tranny and sometimes when I shift into the 2nd gear it grinds a little bit. The mileage is 58K. I just wanted to know - is this a common issue with Nissan's manual transmissions? Does syncros often wear out at such mileage?
What's the price to rebuild a tranny?
my 2nd has been grinding for quite a bit now but and my tranny fluid is full. I think it might just be the way I hit second or whatever. I'll look into that solution tho, thanks
Sadly enough, every car I've ever owned was a manual BUT my 200sx (/cry) but every one of them have had problems in second gear (not bad, just acts like you miss a gear or let out the clutch before getting the gear seated) after about 60-70k on the odometer, all different makes too so not one particular company, in every case it was the synchros but changing the fluid regularly does help significantly.
Does it grind all the time? If that is the case I would probably check it out, probably not serious but constant grinding can't be all that good.
I am reminded of my old Eclipse that would constantly grind into 2nd whenever the car was cold. I don't know if this has anything to do w/ your problem but I thought I'd throw it out. Sorry not much help.
VK, my car does the same thing, i ordered ES shifter bushings and a pacesetter short shifter should get here some time in this or the next week, ill let you know if they help
To Zimmy - thanks, it will be interesting to find out.
To zeno - no, it does not do it all the time. Sometimes it does it when the car is cold, sometimes when it's warm. It does it mainly after I accelerate quickly on the 1st gear and then shift into the second.
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