tranny and clutch question urgent!

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:36 pm

so i was driving home tonight and this saturn pulled up up next to me and started reving so i decided to waste him and as i was shifting into 2nd already atleast a car ahead i missed the shift cause i havent boughten a maddog yet..... but i heard some grinding i didnt grind it into gear... not that bad of a driver just missed the shift into second... like i got it halfway and then let the clutch out... what is this messing up? the clutch or the tranny?if you know alot about this stuff and my post doesnt make sense then pm me... i wanna know how bad this is...

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:40 pm

grinding gears in the tranny and probably affected the clutch a little bit. Unless you do it all the time, or held it there grinding for a long time, don't worry about it, you may have taken 500 miles of life off the thing.

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:54 pm

no it just grinded for a second.... i heard it grind and slammed the clutch back in and put it in nuetral... it was all one motion obviously... just wanted to make sure... i heard about these trannys blowing out....

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:03 pm

you should be fine.

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:04 pm

You got past the synchros but not into the gear. I've done it a lot. It wears your gears out. If you do it a lot, change your fluid, as there's bound to be quite a bit of metal dust in it.

krc21 · Post by **krc21** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:09 pm

change my tranny fluid? if so what should i put in there?

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:22 pm

I wouldn't change fluid for grinding once for a split second. If I did, I'd be doing it once a month at least. 5th gear is a bitch for me.

yellowpatrol · Post by **yellowpatrol** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:36 am

Reverse is for me.

maxq · Post by **maxq** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:17 pm

ok so which fluid and how much... let's say I messed up in the first gear 3 times in the last 6 months.. for a split second each time.

Which fluid type, and how much

esteinmaier · Post by **esteinmaier** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:56 pm

My 2nd tends to do it when shifting out of first above 7k RPM. I've probably done it 50 times hard. The gear still looks fine, but there were metal flakes in the fluid last time.

I'd say if you do it hard about 10 times, it might be worth freshening up the fluid. It's not a big deal until you get more metal in the fluid than the magnet can pick up.

For an NV-T350, get the dealership stuff if you can afford it, or regular ATF+4 from the local parts store or wal-mart. The 850, I've never changed one, so I don't know.

NickKo · Post by **NickKo** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:54 pm

esteinmaier wrote:For an NV-T350, get the dealership stuff if you can afford it, or regular ATF+4 from the local parts store or wal-mart. The 850, I've never changed one, so I don't know.

The "dealership" stuff is the way to go, if you want better shifting... or so I've read.

The MS-9417 for the 1st gen MTX Neons is an UPGRADE over the ATF-4 used in the 2nd gen MTX's.

-Nick