After my last track day, I noticed 3rd gear making a different sound than the rest. So did 5th, but 3rd was more prominent. I hemmed and hawed about it and then said
I have the car on stands, the catback dropped, the H-pipe out, the driveshaft out, the trans drained. After I take out the shifter, I'm 2 connectors, the speedo cable, the crossmember, and then 4 bolts away from having the trans out.
I pop the shift boot and take the shift handle out, and then look down...and laugh. Gee, I wonder if this is why 3rd and 5th "make more noise" than 2nd and 4th?
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Well, I came this far, the trans is coming out anyway, because I can't be sure that's all it is. But goddammit if that's all it was. The gap in the shift boot doesn't open up until the shifter is pushed forward, such as 3rd and 5th. I know how much of a difference a torn boot makes, which is why I replaced the factory one with this one a few years back. If I wasn't a dumbass I would have checked for this first before pulling the trans. :headsmack:
I have the car on stands, the catback dropped, the H-pipe out, the driveshaft out, the trans drained. After I take out the shifter, I'm 2 connectors, the speedo cable, the crossmember, and then 4 bolts away from having the trans out.
I pop the shift boot and take the shift handle out, and then look down...and laugh. Gee, I wonder if this is why 3rd and 5th "make more noise" than 2nd and 4th?
.
.
.
.
.
.
:ROFL:
Well, I came this far, the trans is coming out anyway, because I can't be sure that's all it is. But goddammit if that's all it was. The gap in the shift boot doesn't open up until the shifter is pushed forward, such as 3rd and 5th. I know how much of a difference a torn boot makes, which is why I replaced the factory one with this one a few years back. If I wasn't a dumbass I would have checked for this first before pulling the trans. :headsmack:
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