Hey guys,

Hoping someone can shed some light on this (or tell me its the normal less-than-refined nature of the Evo and I'm being an uptight *****).

I just bought my second Evo and picked her up this week. I've noticed having spent more time with the car that on most upshifts on 1-2 and 2-3 the gearbox gives what I would describe as a very light and quick grinding noise before it slides into the gate but it is so quick I could just be confusing it for a click. However, if doing slow, clutchless shifts and letting the synchros do their thing it makes no noise. Shifts from 3-4 and 4-5 make no noise and downshifts are seamless.

Is this noise something i should be concerned about immediately? Does anyone else have this issue?

I wish i could upload an audio file here for you guys so this is easier to understand because as you can see I have a real hard time explaining it.

I should note that it does not do it on EVERY shift between 1-2 and 2-3. It will happen even when I am making a strong point to bury the clutch pedal to the floor.

 

-_- delete post, completely missed the massive sticky about gearbox noise

 

Its very common on a lot of evo x's, there is a sticky in the forum about this. My 08 does the same thing, it hasn't ever given me any issues at the moment, I've tried different fluids in it as well, but its still there, I live with it. I know a lot of members have said that it goes away after awhile, mine hasn't, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. There suggestions in the sticky that may help you shed some light on it.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...on-thread.html