Well...my 2nd-3rd is getting better but 1st-2nd is still notchy/grinding. I'm getting really frustrated always having my mind on the shifts, I can't seem to enjoy the car like this. I hope mines gets better because it feels like my IX with bad 2nd-3rd gear syncros.

 

Hey everybody.

I live in Canada and I put 2200kms on my new evo x before I had to put it away so I could go back to work up north.

In those 2 weeks that I drove the car I drove it every day in city and highway conditions. The temperatures during that time ranged from -10 celcius in the mornings to +10 celcius in the afternoon.

I don't double clutch, didn't drive the car hard until after 1000kms and never had any of the problems that have been described on this thread and on other boards.

I don't understand the "notchiness" that people are alluding to, nor at any time did I experience any grinding gears, odd smells, or strange noises. I also did not experience any situations that it was difficult to put the car into gear or reverse except for two times after the 1000km break in.

While driving around at regular speeds, with smooth shifting and no hard starts I had no problem with any of my shifts. However, once I started accelerating hard I did notice that on 2 shifts from 2nd to 3rd the gear refused to go into 3rd until I double clutched it or held the clutch pedal in longer.

Like I said this only happened twice in 2 weeks and I have no idea what caused it but I can tell you it only happened when I was trying to accelerate hard.

I have absolute confidence in the transmission and everything else about it seemed tip-top. Those 2 isolated incidents were uncommon and after the tranny has some more time on it I can't say I expect this to be a problem.

 

1000 miles
1-2 and 2-3 shifts are basically a grind when cold, and turn into minor notchiness when warm. shifting quickly eliminates the problem. so I just have to shift like I am racing during daily driving felt exactly the same between 0 and 1000 miles. all other gears are fine.

and reverse is the same as every other manual car I have ever driven, sometimes half engages, just pop the clutch a tiny bit and it should go in, or hit another gear first.

 

1500 miles-still notchiness on every 1-2 shift. In fact, its getting worse. Now, it is doing the same on 2-3 shifts too under spirited driving. I don't know how much longer I can tolerate this.

 

I know someone is gonna say something cuz this is about the X and not the IX, but the IX also had notchy/grinding shift always when cold and sometimes when warm. I have found somethings that help..

1. Using better quality gear oil will eliminate it when warm, but not do much for the cold notchyness

2. I found that shifting out of boost usually results in a nothcy/grinding shift and that shifting when spooling or in boost, usually results in a smoother shift. So when I would DD i would at least spool in each gear, which made all my shifts a lot smoother. This cant be done when the engine is cold cuz you shouldn't be boosting before your car/engine is correctly warmed up

3. the last thing is what I call the "evo shift". What Im gonna say might not make sense, since is hard to explain, but when I shifted with a weird "flick" of the wrist, it made the shifts a lot smoother.

Again, I understand that my trick and tips were developed on the VIII/IX platform, but you guys are experiencing the same problem, which is notchy/grinding shifting, so some of my tips might work.

Hope this might help any of you.

 

yep, just what I said above. Shifting quickly and/or in boost or during spooling will make shifts a lot smoother.

Oh yeah, and with both my VIII and my IX the notchyness was greatly reduced when the cars reached the 8-10K mile area. It was still there, but greatly reduced.

 

This link has been sent to mitsu......

But has anyone tried the clutch pedal adjustement?

One of my local evo shop recommanded it

 

Well guys, I still haven't decided about my second transmission, it drives, it doesnt grind but it definately still notches. I am trying not to pay attention to it seeing that the first time I almost cried. I hope it goes away completely and soon. I am definately disapointed with the problems I have experienced so far. The mitsubishi rep will be to the local delaership sometime again in April and I have reserved an appointment for him to drive my car again and also listen to the stereo. I have it documented from the first time that my evo was acting different then the new evo on their lot, but how far that will get me I dont know.

 

Just have every thing documented just in case you have the same problems in the rear future.
BTW whats wrong with your stereo?

 

There is no clutch pedal adjustment on the X like there was on the 9, and well... most other cars. So, this should hopefully eliminate that as a suspect. BTW ej257, how is your' tranny running now? Mine has gotten better once warmed up, but is almost worse when cold. I still think it's a fluid issue, I just hope that it's not causing damage in the meantime. What IS the notchiness? Is it the synchros engaging roughly or...what? One of my neighbors just bought one ironically enough, and his doesn't do this. WTF?!?!?!? How could there be any difference in our trannies? They're all made the same way with the same parts, why, why, why?

 

Thats what I'm thinking. I mean how could some have problems and others not.
Maybe its the assemblers that put the car together, the bad ones were probably put together by the graveyard shift workers.

also mines has started to grind from 1st-2nd but its perfectly fine for the 2nd-3d and so on. I want to know how most of you shift. I mean where do you position your hands on the shift knob when shifting through gears?
does that make any sense?

 

well satelite is fine, but local radio is staticy, they say in 2 diff documented reports that they cannot duplicate, i asked them last time if they were fg deaf. I feel there is prolly a wire loose or seomthing, well see

 

Anyone else have this problem?
Not necessarily grinding but I dont know how to explain it, sort of a notchy type of feeling. This is my first manual trans car and I do not know if all cars feel this way but sometimes the car will not left me shift into a lower gear? Like if I am cruising at 4th and wanted to downshift, it will not let me engage 3rd smoothly...or not at all..

 

Well, I haven't heard anyone with issues downshifting, but everyone is having issues with the tranny upshifting from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd. Mine even has some issues going into 4th sometimes. Mitsu so far is doing nothing for us and has the audacity to say that it's normal. Mine is fine once warmed up as long as it's shifted quickly, but normal shifting produces notchiness that is beyond anything else I have experienced. Mitsu, you need to fix this **** and do it now.

 

Ok thanks. Will this cause any major problems in the future? Or will this just be a bothersome for us when shifting..?
The thing is so notchy! arghhhh!!! Were the 9's like this or were they smooth?