The other day I was driving my car, it has a 4 speed toploader. While sitting almost still I was trying to get it into gear and it seemed as though the linkage was binding - it wouldn't shift into any gear. I stopped completely and put some arm into it, double clutched and it seemed to unbind. It was shifting normally again.
I drove down the street through all 4 gears, when I started to slow down I tried to down shift into 3rd but all it would do is grind. I'd double clutch, and slow down, but it would still grind. I could downshift into 2nd OK and then even 1st. Up shifting is no problem, it goes right through all the gears as normal. But whenever I try to downshift from 4th to 3rd it grinds.
Anyone have any idea whats going on? Did the binding shifting cause a problem with the syncro?
thx, Dave J
I drove down the street through all 4 gears, when I started to slow down I tried to down shift into 3rd but all it would do is grind. I'd double clutch, and slow down, but it would still grind. I could downshift into 2nd OK and then even 1st. Up shifting is no problem, it goes right through all the gears as normal. But whenever I try to downshift from 4th to 3rd it grinds.
Anyone have any idea whats going on? Did the binding shifting cause a problem with the syncro?
thx, Dave J
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