Notchy Shifting...(SRT4)

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Mon May 25, 2009 10:10 am

Over the past month the shifts have got real notchy feeling. It goes into gear fine and the clutch has less than 1K miles on it. It has a little play once its in gear so I probably need bushings, but would anything else cause it to be notchy? Would changing the fluid make a difference?

Passt · Post by **Passt** » Mon May 25, 2009 11:29 am

I think that's just a symptom of an SRT4. Get some boogers and you'll be straight.

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Mon May 25, 2009 11:40 am

Sounds lika plan. Ill probably order the Maddog along with the Boogers. 2 birds with one stone FTW. How do I get in contact with Maddog and all that sorta thang?

[DJ]Tomski · Post by **[DJ]Tomski** » Mon May 25, 2009 11:45 am

pm him here or you can use his website http://www.maddogsts.com/

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Mon May 25, 2009 12:03 pm

Thanks, Ill look into that soon.

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Mon May 25, 2009 1:30 pm

mopar4life wrote:Thanks, Ill look into that soon.

kill 3 birds and get the 14 dollar cradle shift bushings from jonny mopar

PhillyLS1 · Post by **PhillyLS1** » Mon May 25, 2009 1:57 pm

You can go about it 2 ways.
You can change the tranny fluid and add friction modifier. However it breaks down the tranny fluid faster, so me personally, I change my trans oil every 6 months or so.

Or not add it at all.

I would also spend the money and purchase the billet steel shift selectors.

Once you get a notchy feel to the trans, it is usually an indication of synchro assembly and gear wear or a fork/snap ring issue. Once it starts popping out of gear you are on borrowed time.

A short throw will not solve this. Save your money. However you CAN readjust the shifter cables.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Mon May 25, 2009 3:38 pm

Another thing that has really helped with the notchy shifting has been my Bwoody motor & transmission mounts. That is to go along with the STS and the booger bushings.

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:24 pm

I cant have solid mounts though. Thats my only major problem. Im thinking I need new fluid cause it set up for a year after it was wrecked then I got it, fixed it and been driving it. I bet its broke down the trans fluid and I doubt its ever been changed. Im gonna get Redline manual trans fluid next week for it and change it.

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Tue May 26, 2009 12:02 am

How do I go about ordering a shifter from Maddog? The website kinda sucks and I wanna pay through paypal so what am I to do?

PhillyLS1 · Post by **PhillyLS1** » Tue May 26, 2009 1:34 am

mopar4life wrote:How do I go about ordering a shifter from Maddog? The website kinda sucks and I wanna pay through paypal so what am I to do?

a sts is not going to solve the problem in fact it will make it worse

dbesade · Post by **dbesade** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:18 am

mopar4life wrote:Im gonna get Redline manual trans fluid next week for it and change it.

For what is wroth I figured I would mention that our Transmissions take ATF+4.

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:58 am

Would low fluid have anything to do with it?

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:14 am

Fluid should be changed about every 15k miles. It does help. I my self use royal purple synchromax w/o the LSD additive. No ill affects and I know several other people that go about their transmission fluid the same way.

mopar4life · Post by **mopar4life** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:48 am

So it should help the shifts? Its not hard to get in gear it just feels notchy but idk. Ill change it and see.

PhillyLS1 · Post by **PhillyLS1** » Tue May 26, 2009 11:45 am

Use GM trans fluid. It's the best out there. There are a zillion threads about this on SRTForums just FYI