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Hey i dont know if anyone out there can help me but, all of the sudden ive noticed that 1st,3rd, and 5th gears arent changing very well, they are a pain in the arse to get into gear.
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I dont know why, i mean i might have grinded a gear before but i dont think im that bad of a driver that ive ruined my transmission.
Does anyone know whtas going on???
 
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Re: (SpoolingJetta)

do you have a short shifter installed? If so, that would be my first guess, maybe something wasn't tightened correctly and came loose. If the calibration is off on a short shifter, it can cause that sort of problem in a few gears, but usually not all of them...
 
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Re: (03VDUB)

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I think they are some kinda bird that might have gotten caught in your tranny..

as a funny as this is. over in the rx7 fourm (that i hardly go to any more) some one was doing a tranny swap from 12a to 13b and when he droped his tranny he found a dead rat.
a big one too. was funny. it was just chillen in his tranny. how it got there no one knows.
 
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Re: (JETurbo)

synchronizers work like a brake in that they grasp the clutch hub of each gear prior to being engaged. This allows that particular gear to match the speed of the shaft and gears involved in the flow of power. When they go bad, you grind hamburger. Not really enough info to make any sort of determination though.
 
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