Lost my syncros yesterday
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Burning Brakes
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From: Ventura, California President - GOCC
Lost my syncros yesterday
I lost my syncro gears on 3rd and 4th yesterday. My 01' has 21K miles and I don't really race it. I may have gotten off the line at a deserted stop light every now and then, but I don't believe I have misstreated it. I do, as a practice, pull on the shifter before dropping it into the next gear. Any chance that's what caused my sycros to ball up?
Burning Brakes
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From: Richmond Texas
Re: Lost my syncros yesterday (C5marqztom)
My dad's vette lost 2 sets of synchros in 11K miles. Chevy blamed it on "high performance driving". Dad told them to kiss his butt. Put a short throw shifter in there and be done with it. Had one on there for about 6K miles now and haven't had a problem yet (knock on wood).
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Re: Lost my syncros yesterday (BigBlue)
My dad's vette lost 2 sets of synchros in 11K miles. Chevy blamed it on "high performance driving". Dad told them to kiss his butt. Put a short throw shifter in there and be done with it. Had one on there for about 6K miles now and haven't had a problem yet (knock on wood).
Burning Brakes
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From: Richmond Texas
Re: Lost my syncros yesterday (Dan_the_C5_Man)
To be honest, I don't know. But it quit eating synchros. Dad and I attributed it to the aftermarket shift **** we put on the stock shifter. Made it to tall and put to much leverage on the stick causing you to pull to far back on the gears.
Burning Brakes
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From: Aguila AZ
Re: Lost my syncros yesterday (C5marqztom)
Tom, Sorry to hear about your trans problem. Is the car still under warantee? If not, I specialize in C5 transmission rebuilding and if you need help with yours I can save you some $$$. let me know.
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From: Richmond Ca
Re: Lost my syncros yesterday (C5marqztom)
I do, as a practice, pull on the shifter before dropping it into the next gear. Any chance that's what caused my sycros to ball up?
If this is not what you mean, what do you mean? :confused:
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: Ventura, California President - GOCC
Re: Lost my syncros yesterday (MrEracer)
Yes, fortunately it isw still on warrenty. I'm more concerned as to why it happened. Hopefully it was just "one of those things. But I am goint to shift more conservatively as a practice now.
