Arrrgggghhhh.

This car is driving me crazy. I've finally got the brakes to an acceptable level and started to drive my Zed again only to (I think) destroy syncro on second gear.

I've got a 5-speed gearbox (the B type I think it's called?) that has always been fairly tight on all the gears, but never enough to worry about until now.

When I make a quick change up from first to second I get a little crunch, nothing major and I always thought it meant the syncro was going. Now however I can't change down from third unless I match the revs. ie it needs to be reving at around 4500 to get it in. If I try and change any other way it makes a sound similar to trying to put it into reverse while travelling.....

Is this definately the synromesh on second? I want to be sure before I fork out to get someone look at it?

Cheers,

Ross.

Sounds exactly like ya synchro to me, but ... don't take my word for it :stupid:

Yes it is your syncro for second gear.

Alan.

Damn. Thought so, but hoped not :stupid:

After the Tuner I'm off to the Trans people....

Anyone have any idea on price for a full trans recon?

Ta.

I fought a similar demon.I also had resistance putting the car in first.Mine was a worn out clutch.Make sure your slave cylinder is giving a full push as it could be weak.It could just use a good bleeding.To test the syncro go from first to neutral and let the clutch out then push it back in and go to second.Thats called double clutching.The old days there were no syncros and thats how you shifted without grind.

I had no synchro in 2nd for about 4 months.

I know how to double clutch alright ROFL it's actually quite a feeling when you get it right even with good synchro :)

I'm getting quite good now too, although it is a hell of a pain in the butt....

I might try bleeding the clutch tomorrow, see if it makes a difference.... Could make all the difference :classic: or none at all:tapemouth

I'll keep you posted

Ross.

Well, bled the clutch today and didn't get a single bubble of air out of it!

Looks like I'll need to brush up on my double de clutching to get me by :stupid:

My problem is getting it into reverse with the engine running--guess I will learn how to double clutch it in to reverseROFL ROFL

Have either of you double checked the clutch pedal adjustment? Make sure the height of the pedal is correct in order to get the full travel of the slave cylinder, that is if you don't have the adjustable slave cylinder, the pedal height will be the only adjustment to make sure the travel is correct on the slave cylinder to completely engage the clutch.

Lot of times, the grinding going into reverse is either because of a weak clutch or the adjustment being off, and not fully engaging the clutch.

Pedal height should be 8 inches off the floor measured in a diagonal to the floor at a right angle to the clutch pedal pad.

Just a thought....

There is no reverse syncro.Put the car in first (which has one)Then reverse.That stops the grind.I remembered pulling a friends tranny when I was young because of shifting problems.We took it to the shop and the guy said--Looks good what did the fluid look like?.We just looked dumb at each other.There was none in it.We reinstalled and put in fluid.He drove the car another 10 years or so with no trouble.

One more thing is that if your idle is too high you may have problems getting the car into reverse with the engine running.

Are you talking about it grinding going into reverse or a problem were it doesn't want to go in at all. If it is the later than another trick is to put the shifter in to the reverse possition as far as it will go then slowly start releasing the clutch. As you get to the end of the peddle travel the shifter should fall into gear.

Hope it helps!