Occasionally hard to downshift to 2nd
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Occasionally hard to downshift to 2nd
My car is a 2002 coupe with the manual 6speed and an aftermarket Hurst shifter. About 52k miles on it and as far as I know, it has the original transmission fluid and clutch fluid. The car shifts great up and down all of the gears and the Hurst shifter is very heavy and direct which I like. However, it will occasionally (about 30-40% of the time) not go into 2nd gear on the downshift from 3rd. I'm not sure if it's something with the transmission or the Hurst shifter. I've driven many different manual cars in my years of driving and know how to properly rev match etc. But anything is possible I suppose. When this happens and doesn't go all the way in 2nd, I just let the clutch back out, re-tap the gas to again rev match it, and then it'll go into 2nd no problem.
I've read about the ranger method before with the clutch fluid, not sure if changing out my clutch fluid would affect anything, or if this is strictly a transmission/shifter issue.
The only other weird thing this transmission does is being difficult to put into 1st from a stop but that's a fairly common thing with these cars I've read and no remedy.
I've read about the ranger method before with the clutch fluid, not sure if changing out my clutch fluid would affect anything, or if this is strictly a transmission/shifter issue.
The only other weird thing this transmission does is being difficult to put into 1st from a stop but that's a fairly common thing with these cars I've read and no remedy.
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I don't think so, but I haven't driven the car in a week. I'll pay attention if it does when I drive it tomorrow. If it does happen more often after higher RPMs, what would that indicate?
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It happened to me at the track this past weekend, in fact I could not get it into any gear, like the clutch lost pressure. At lower RPMs, up to 5k, no issues.
But on your case if it happens at any RPM, I'd be more inclined to think the shifter is slightly out of alignment.
But on your case if it happens at any RPM, I'd be more inclined to think the shifter is slightly out of alignment.
