Tranny woes
09-08-2001, 02:24 PM
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Tranny woes
My gear box went funny about a month ago. I missed a shift and gears one through three bacame very difficult to engage. The probelm sorted itself out after a few weeks and the gear box almost felt normal again. Yesterday I missed another shift and the problem flared again. I can bearely shift into thrid without great effort. Any ideas? I searched the forums when I first had the problem and found out information about a clip inside the gearbox that can sometimes break and was redesigned, is this my problem or it something worse. The car goes into service the 28 of this month.
09-08-2001, 03:54 PM
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Re: Does clutchless shifting from 3 to 4 waffle the 3/4 syncro???
bigtime!not only will it waffle 3/4,it will do it to the other gears.trans gears not designed for clutchless shifting.to shift clutchless you need straight cut gears.yours are not.safe to assume you waffled.note;dealers aware of syncro destruction
09-08-2001, 05:22 PM
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Whoa! same exact thing happened here, 1st and 2nd, will be opened in 2 weeks
It got better on its own too, seems to be heat related, damn, should have gotten a tip....
I would guess it's the synchros, not for anything they have been revised...what 3 times now?
I would guess it's the synchros, not for anything they have been revised...what 3 times now?
09-08-2001, 05:29 PM
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Re: Whoa! same exact thing happened here, 1st and 2nd, will be opened in 2 weeks
it's from trying to spin the wheels while the brakes are applied.when you guys are trying to light them up.edl is applying,edl is part of abs and works by applying the brakes to the wheels that are sinning to help gain tracvtion,thus bogging the motor dowm and trying to bang 2/3/4th gears.it ends up gernading the gears and synchros.and giving us fits when rebuilding them
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09-08-2001, 09:57 PM
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That would do it
however...I have never or will never try to abuse my car like that, from the first time I slipped the clutch and it didn't keep up with the engine I knew to better be careful with this tranny.
I never had a problem with that, my one grief, like others, is the old trannies that would wear the 2nd gear synchro prematurely and would grind in higher rpm shifts.
It's a know issue and should like that be honored and my *** kissed knowing their little dirty secrets, instead of me saying:
'Yeah, Audi was great even when they screwed up, they set me up with a nice TT as loaner and they had my car fixed right, the first time in only 4 days!, I hope something else breaks soon and they get a better part for it, their service is great!'
You can imagine what I will be saying instead: The truth!
It's just too bad, I could have loved this car.
Btw. tell us about the redesigns, you seem to know what's going on for a change
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I never had a problem with that, my one grief, like others, is the old trannies that would wear the 2nd gear synchro prematurely and would grind in higher rpm shifts.
It's a know issue and should like that be honored and my *** kissed knowing their little dirty secrets, instead of me saying:
'Yeah, Audi was great even when they screwed up, they set me up with a nice TT as loaner and they had my car fixed right, the first time in only 4 days!, I hope something else breaks soon and they get a better part for it, their service is great!'
You can imagine what I will be saying instead: The truth!
It's just too bad, I could have loved this car.
Btw. tell us about the redesigns, you seem to know what's going on for a change
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09-09-2001, 11:37 AM
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Or maybe it's due to the fact that you drive like an idiot, or just can't drive a manual...after all
your last car was an automatic, pos Buick Regal. A bit rusty on the shifting, perhaps?
Or, maybe it's the short shifter you stuck on there. Not a good idea to **** with the linkage on a transmission where the owners' manual warns you not even to rest your hand on the shifter while driving...
Which brings up another point: as stupid as you've proven yourself to be on numerous occasions, you probably didn't even rtfm...
Or, maybe it's the short shifter you stuck on there. Not a good idea to **** with the linkage on a transmission where the owners' manual warns you not even to rest your hand on the shifter while driving...
Which brings up another point: as stupid as you've proven yourself to be on numerous occasions, you probably didn't even rtfm...