Issues changing gear??

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

just a quick one, every time i boot it in 1st it grinds second leaving me (amongst other things) embarrassed, people lookin at me wonderin why i cant drive my car lol its due its 36k service which im gunna do this month.

Any thoughts??

 

[White16valver]

Are you ramming it into second?

Shouldn't need to slam through gear changes lol

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

no after givin it over 4K in first it just wont go into second (well more often than not) if i cane it then wait 2 seconds it will go into second

 

[Craig]

they dont like fast gear changes

 

[Aluco]

clutch might need adjusting (tightening/slackening), its easy to do on some cars but i'v never done it on a clio.

 

[ForceIndia]

Pedal on the left being used?

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

....clutch has only seen 4K my mate that fits gearboxs for a living says its the syncro no question about it so i'll get hold of renault tomorrow i reckons.

cheers for the input tho

 

[DrR]

Accelerating hard in 1st = New gearbox.

 

[not normal dan]

....clutch has only seen 4K my mate that fits gearboxs for a living says its the syncro no question about it so i'll get hold of renault tomorrow i reckons.

cheers for the input tho

yep certainly sounds like it pal

 

[mattjk]

ussualy its 3rd that grinds first but yes I bet its the syncro the gearboxes arnt great my old 182 on 36k used to grind into 3rd but then I cant vouch for how it treated previously

 

[Vish]

Accelerating hard in 1st = New gearbox.

How say?

You mean why you're booting it off the line with clutch slipping?

Once rolling no harm in booting it surely?

 

[DrR]

Seen loads of people say don't do it, i personally always wait till 2nd for any hard acceleration.

 

[Vish]

Really, I've never noticed people saying that.

Thing is, if you don't floor it in 1st, doesn't it take a while for the power to come in 2nd, making 0-60 times meaningless?

I've always floored my cars in 1st. I coud just be lucky tho. I hope its not the case or I'm going to take it easy in 1st lol

 

[Steve]

Boxes are made of chocolate!

If the box don't lunch itself the diff will

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

Hmm some encouraging words lol, well im glad to hear im not the only victim still i hear worse things happen at sea...

 

[lemonnobby]

i got to say i know of some thats given abuse including my own and has never given me cause for consurn

 

[bmh.01]

Damage is already done if its grinding. Changing gear like TF&F will kill a JC5 box in no time. Reason people are looking at you like you can't drive your car is because you can't :rasp:.

 

[StevenMc29]

using the clutch ftfw

 

[bmh.01]

Its nothing to do with the clutch, its rushing the box which doesn't like to be rushed and will just give up eventually.