manual trans shifting

[palinix]

How's it going fellow cb7 lovers . This is my first post on the board.

I did a couple of searches and didn't really come up with anything solid so here's the thing, hope you all can provide some insight.

This is most noticibale at standstill: I try to shift from nuetral into 1st or 2nd and it is unusually difficult. But once i get it into either of the gears, I can pop it back into nuetral and get it back to 1st or 2nd with no trouble at all (as long as i keep the cluth depressed and don't realease it after doing it the first time).

This also applies when upshifting or downshifting to 2nd when moving. Anybody here ever had a similar issue? Would a trans fluid flush help in any way?

[gzagenius]

yeah, im sure flushing the trans would help, as would bleeding the clutch, i need to do both of those too, i have like the same problems as you, its not too bad, but i need to fix it. i plan on bleeding the clutch, soon, before winter, as soon as i can figure out how

[palinix]

yeah, i need to find out how to get that done as well so i can do it as soon as i can. Hopefully nothing has worn out with the clutch/transmission.

[accordztech]

first off u cant "flush" manual transmission fluid, its all drain and fill.

second just do it urself and save hella cash. get some honda MTF and pop it in there, its very easy.

as for bleeding the clutch, people only do it when its reallly realy hard or really really soft....what i do is i just psyphen the fluid out of the top, not all of it just most, and then fill with brake fluid then do again and again after driving it and it becomes cleaer and cleaer, hahahha im lazy to go under the car to bleed it.

but honda MTF is around 5 bucks, i think u need 3 or more, not sure exactly but hey that shit helps shit shift pretty good, especially in manuals...unless people used other wise

[NutBucket]

Bah, get Synchromesh and call it a day

[accordztech]

Originally posted by NutBucket
Bah, get Synchromesh and call it a day

i was thinking of that but i never knew much about it, thats why i said that others have better experiances =)

[palinix]

thanks accordztech. I also realized after doing some reading (and like you pointed out), that MT fluid cannot be flushed, just drained and replaced with a syringe or some such device. I'm going to get that done today. Would those that have used Syncromesh (NutBucket maybe?) recommend it over Honda MTF?

[h22sparkle]

go with synchromesh its worth it I got the friction modified one the gm Part number is #12346190 change em in like i did definitely smoother shifts im changing mine tommorrow along with my motor oil.

[Nocturnal CB7]

yeah mahn. mine does that too (down shifting 2nd to 1st). I think i gotta do that too. Daym, and all this time I thought the car was made so that...

[h22sparkle]

sometimes the shifting is a little notchy but how fast are you going when your trying to downshift casue its suposed to do that i hope you know until you get to a certain speed then it will let you back in.

[accordferro]

yo i almost had the same problem and what i did was i readjust the pedal and it work pretty good...

[palinix]

I've heard that the Red Line MT-90 transmission fluid works well on Nissan and Toyota transmissions. Anyone had any experience with Red Line gear oil products on our cars?

[TBILL]

Originally posted by palinix
I've heard that the Red Line MT-90 transmission fluid works well on Nissan and Toyota transmissions. Anyone had any experience with Red Line gear oil products on our cars?

I put this in my old Nissan & VW (nlh) and it improved shifting. Both accords have Honda fluid. If I start to have problems with my 5sp, I won't hesitate to use it. It does costs about $7.95/qt

[Bluejayde]

I just went and bought two quarts of synchromesh for $21 Is that enough, or do I need another quart?

[h22sparkle]

yes it is enough