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Originally Posted by chris719
When you say grind, do you hear loud grinding from the tranny itself, or is it that grind-ish feeling when you are pulling the stick into 2nd?
If it is the latter, it's pretty common from what I understand in a lot of transmissions. It can also be avoided completely by not forcing the gearbox into 2nd so fast... you can feel when it wants to let you into 2nd and if you pause that tiny bit you wont grind at all. Unfortunately this makes smooth 1->2 shifts harder because the revs drop too quickly occasionally.
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basically you move the shifter toward the next gear. And put pressure on it, but don't push it in. When the 2nd gear synchros is ready, the shifter will pop into the gear(a little hard on our car. you really need a firm hand). Basically the more force you give it, the faster you can pop it in. But if you do it too fast, you can grind... because the synchros isn't ready yet.