I need help with a tranny problem I am having. Here is the problem I am having:

When I am driving my car (EVO MR) and going to shift from 2nd to 3rd it will not go in easy. It shake unless I push on it a little it grinds then goes in. If I raise the RPM's and let them go down as Im shifting it will slide in easy. All other gears will shift as normal with no problem at all. 3rd gear is the only one I am having a problem with.

Could it be my tranny, clutch, or what?

 

It could be your clutch, but it could be your syncro's as well.

 

Yeah I have a hard time getting in to 3rd also but it only happens while i race it high rpm . i drive a mr also

 

and by any chance do either (or both, my guess) have an ACT clutch?

 

its ur syncros man....had to have 5th replaced in mine

 

yes the syncros must be on their way cause you must have banged 3rd times a too many.

 

Try shifting through the gears with the car off not pressing the clutch. If it is very easy going through all of them this way, more then likely it's the clutch. However, if your extremely hard on the car, and do a lot of high RPM shifting, I wouldn't rule out the synchro.

 

synchros screwed

 

Does anyone have any idea how much this would cost to repair?

 

first thing first, did you try adjusting your clutch??? My third gear was a pain in the butt until I adjusted the clutch and its not a problem anymore. Try putting in some fresh tranny fluid in.

 

I have the same problems... I have to bang into 3rd

 

I am deployed in Iraq right now, I had this problem 2 days beofre I had to come back. I havent had the chance to try anything out.

 

sounds like your synchro. Mine has been grinding for a long time now. Only when the car is hot and i try to shift really fast it will grind. I just pause for a split second and then it never grinds. Annoying but I'll probably end up getting it rebuilt in the future.

 

I had the same problem, syncros replaced under warranty, and now it doing it again.

 

my 3rd gear was grinding after some adjusting it went away, but since yours is a MR 6-speed (weak trans) it could possibly be the synchro.