M2Rock

Anyone who has had 2nd gear or other tranny probs please speak up now, I need some "ammo" in dealing with a "voided warranty" issue.

Taner Halicioglu

All under warranty.

Mike@VAST

Interesting...didn't replace the whole unit. Were 1st and 2nd messed up bad?

Taner Halicioglu

I didn't realise that ONE GEAR was like $500 tho... sheesh.

I can't imagine how expensive a complete, new tranny is!

I haven't had any tranny problems since the replacement (happened at 30k, I'm at 46k now)

-T

Mike@VAST

how hard were you driving the car before that happened? Hard downshifts?

later,
Mike

Taner Halicioglu

When it happened, I was accel. pretty hard, but it was around a right-hand turn, and when I went to shift to 2nd it ground hard and then went THUNK and popped into N

My guess is it didn't like shifting when in the turn or something (extra G-forces made the synchro slider wedge or something? I dunno)

But since the replacement I've autox'd the car w/o any tranny issues *shrug* and there are plenty of g-forces there

-T

Mike@VAST

Guess you always have to be on guard then...I was about to start taking it easy, but nahhhh.

zerinS4

Ditto, 1st/2nd gear sliders replaced and 1st/2nd gear.

Taner Halicioglu

but it unwedged with some coaxing and all was good until 30k miles, when it completely broke

The tech working on my car said that the synchro slider was made of a softish metal, and so this kind of thing can happen...

I took a pic of my slider gears, but you can't see much, since they were just wedged together on the shaft:

<img src="http://www.taner.net/s4/synchro_slider-crop.jpg">

-T

Mike@VAST

can't see any rotational damage. The one on the left...those lower teeth aren't damaged, are they?

Thanks Taner,
mike