grinding in third gear

[viper-blue]

thats cool they let you do that man...I guess you lucked out with just getting that shudder you mentioned...mine broke down in a busy intersection up here in toronto..cost me 150 bucks..all over a dumb circlip

[FrodoGT]

I guess it didnt matter, because a few weeks later I locked up the other side on the highway, almost killed my as I narrowly missed a road sign, a mile marker, and alot of other fun immovable objects at speeds impractical for surviving. So I had to buy a new shaft anyway, just replaced it again a couple weeks ago when I destroyed it after some welds broke, which is why I replaced the whole crossmember and steering rack, I was done with half ass. It costs too much.

[89civicRicer]

ok so recently ive been havin a different problem with my tranny. it doesnt like to go into gear and its usually third gear. it just kinda stops when i shift up. ill prob have to start double clutching now. i usually just cost down the road pushin the clutch in and out til it pops into gear. another problem i have is that i cant watch my rpm's because theres no tach??? i know it got a new motor and so i think it might of been converted?? i dunno. all of this might be fun tho

[viper-blue]

might wanna get your clutch checked out. Do you have to push the pedal through the floor to get the clutch to engage? First gear is really short and most people have the revs way up when they go into second, and 4th and 5th slide right into gear no problem, and you can pretty much power shift those gears..might be your problem is just an out-of-adjustment clutch

[Christ]

Usually an out of adjustment clutch will cause grinding in all gears... at least on the down shift... but sometimes, I guess it could start in a single gear.. only thing is that most transmissions start losing the synchro's and usually start grinding in third gear. Just my two cents though, definitely adjust your clutch if it needs it.

Viper, thanks for ye olde tach info on the "tach on crack" thread :P


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>>Edit - Also check or replace your clootch cable.. may be stretching or worn.

[89civicRicer]

it was usually 3rd gear and ive been told its the synchros now it wont go into gear sometimes so i usually just take my time to shift into 3rd to try to save the tranny as long as possible. it goes in just fine sometimes and others i have to release the clutch and push it back in for it to take. ill just have to try to make it last the longest that i. im hoping to drop a 1.6 in it sometime but i need the money first

[Christ]

props for the swap, but you should still check/ adjust your clutch for now, and try to watch the revs going into gears, just drive "normal" lol

[89civicRicer]

drive "normal"? ur killing me lol... actually i have been taking it easy for for awhile. i have this other problem too where the steering wheel vibrates left and right alot and its worse when im doin 55-60. any clue? i bought a 91 hatch shell for 250 that im hoping will be my "project" but thats not movin to fast either

[viper-blue]

what do you mean when you say the stearing wheel "vibrates" left and right? does the wheel vibrate when it goes left and right? You could have a combination of many things wrong with your front end....a bad cv joint will cause vibration at low and high speeds and cause the steering to go funny..bad tie rods also can cause the steering to go funny, especially at high speeds.....I could go on and on...ball joints, bent steering components, out of round tires....get that front end checked out!

[89civicRicer]

well what it doesn is at high speeds it pretty much goes left to right. not the car but just like the steering wheel itself and its usually when im goin straight i figure its somethin in the steering column itself or the whole car would do it. ill end up taking it somewhere soon to get it checked

[viper-blue]

Originally Posted by 89civicRicer

well what it doesn is at high speeds it pretty much goes left to right. not the car but just like the steering wheel itself and its usually when im goin straight i figure its somethin in the steering column itself or the whole car would do it. ill end up taking it somewhere soon to get it checked

sounds like you have the same problem as frodo...bad steering rack...if the steering wheel is moving excessively and the car is going straight with movement in the wheel..it could have something to do with the the linkage between the column and the rack...or front end components..depends on how much the wheel is actually moving left to right, lol

[FrodoGT]

Take it and have it inspected IMO. Should be very easy to spot once the car is off the ground.

sounds like you have the same problem as frodo

HAD, I replaced that bastard child of a steering rack.

[viper-blue]

Originally Posted by FrodoGT

Take it and have it inspected IMO. Should be very easy to spot once the car is off the ground.


HAD, I replaced that bastard child of a steering rack.

Sorry frodo, lmao! I know you mentioned replacing the rack already...me bad!