!! 5th Gear Synchro TSB FOUND !!!!!
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What are the symptoms of a bad 5th gear sychro? I just noticed that my 5th gear grinds slightly sometimes when I shift into it, but I get the feeling going into all the other gears sometimes too. So I don't think anything is out of the ordinary. I have 6k miles on my car right now and the drivetrain is completely stock.
I have a SS clutch line and a set of Kartboy shifter cable and base bushings I plan on installing soon. I'll probably change the tranny fluid to BG at 8k miles too. Hopefully I'll get this thing to shift like butta after the mods.
I have a SS clutch line and a set of Kartboy shifter cable and base bushings I plan on installing soon. I'll probably change the tranny fluid to BG at 8k miles too. Hopefully I'll get this thing to shift like butta after the mods.
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My 5th gear grind is from shifting from 4th to 5th @ 5000 RPM's and higher. You can actually hear the transmission grind into gear. Basically the synchronizer isn't stopping the gear properly.
Sad thing is, I only have 82XX miles on the car.
Sad thing is, I only have 82XX miles on the car.
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Same thing here...Im glad I seen this, I need to talk to the dealership about it. Not everytime I shift but a lot of times when im on it and I shift to 5th it grinds. If I dont want it to grind I have to hold the clutch in a little longer to make sure it's in gear then let off. Mine has been doing that for a while. I have 13K miles on my car and its been doing it for a few thousand miles.
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Man lot of people on here with an Evo and an S2000..sems to be mind related
Sorry for the OT!
If anyone gets his repaired by his dealer or anything done please post details so we have a reference in case our dealer says he doesn't know anything about
Sorry for the OT!
If anyone gets his repaired by his dealer or anything done please post details so we have a reference in case our dealer says he doesn't know anything about
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i took it to a dealer around me and he said he never heard bout the 5th gear synchro fix... after showin him the tsb he said and i quote, "oh, there it is" after leaving the car wit mitsu overnight they call me the next day and say that the tsb states how to fix the car and the parts that would be needed, not that they were supposed to do it under warranty .... im thinking about taking it to another service department somewhere else and try my luck there instead. guess ill have t just play it by ear...
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i got the 5th gear syncro issue too. Every time i go from 4th to 5th at a moderate speed it grinds. No good. Took it to the dealer, and got a call back from them that day, saying that my car was NOT grinding when they drove it. . I was pretty pissed and told them to hold it overnight and try again in the morning. Next morning i got a call and they said that they HAD gotten it to grind. Now they are gonna fix it. Thank god. Still sucks tho.
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I never go into 5th gears when racing anyways. I usually left off at the end of 4th. I'm at 17K going to 18K soon and no problem with 5th. Sucks to hear this problem with the evo tranny. Now I'm worry. So this is a wide spread problem and every EVO is going to get it? Ahh, I hope they'll fix mine...
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Originally Posted by eLiTe eVo
i took it to a dealer around me and he said he never heard bout the 5th gear synchro fix... after showin him the tsb he said and i quote, "oh, there it is" after leaving the car wit mitsu overnight they call me the next day and say that the tsb states how to fix the car and the parts that would be needed, not that they were supposed to do it under warranty .... im thinking about taking it to another service department somewhere else and try my luck there instead. guess ill have t just play it by ear...
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#28
Originally Posted by stocky
Man lot of people on here with an Evo and an S2000..sems to be mind related
Sorry for the OT!
If anyone gets his repaired by his dealer or anything done please post details so we have a reference in case our dealer says he doesn't know anything about
Sorry for the OT!
If anyone gets his repaired by his dealer or anything done please post details so we have a reference in case our dealer says he doesn't know anything about
Thanks for the TSB. This should help when i go to mistubishi in t-minus one hour..