grinding 1st to 2nd

[rockyracoon]

like the subject line says, my tranny grinds from first to second gear unless I let up off the gas.The rest of the gears are fine .sound like a synchro? bad pressure plate?

 

[srothfuss]

Bad syncro.

In my experience, if it grinds going into 2nd or 3rd while you are on the loud pedal, it's because of the syncro.

 

[dw89lx]

I have the same problem. If I drive normal speed it shifts into 2nd easily but if I get on the pedal it grinds pretty bad. How hard is it to replace a syncro? Would I be better off just buying a rebuilt T5?

 

[rockyracoon]

I think you can buy the whole syncro assy as a unit,you have to pull the tranny to get to it ,remove the tail housing ,the speedogear,the 5th&rev synchro assy and gear and then pop the top cover off, then remove the input shaft,then you can remove the mainshaft and 3,4 and 1,2 assys are accesible ,hanlon MS has a great video
which shows everything in regards to rebuilding thetrans.