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2nd gear == loud bang?

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will_95gt

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OK yesturday i was driving home and i stop at a stop sign. I start going and when i put it into second gear it makes a loud bang and pops into nutrual, it shook the car enough to make my cd player error. so, i was like "weird..." and i kept driving. About fifteen mintues later it happened again! What was that??

When i first started driving this car second gear was always a bitch for me and i would always have to really push alot harder than normal to get it in 2nd without it grinding (which that still occasionally happens to me) but never has it done this. Anyone got any feed back?

Thanks,

will
 

95COBRA241

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Aftermarket or stock shifter?. If aftermarket it sounds like the bottom stop bolt is too close to the shifter handle causing the 2nd gear not to engage fully.
 

will_95gt

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Nope stock shifter; t5 transmission
 

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Nope stock; t5 transmission
 

BlownFiveLiter

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Sounds like worn synchros caused your teeth to wear down on the gears. Probably needs rebuilding/replacing.
 

Zero Signal

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Mine use to do that too! I got so used to it happening that I still feel weird when I let off the clutch in 2nd.

I never knew what the problems was, it was fixed about 3 or so years ago when I got my 2nd clutch. The mechanic showed me some plastic guide piece he said was old and broken. He said it was supposed to guide the shifter or something but I think the guy was a fat lying sack of crap so I don't know if that's what the problem actually was.
 
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