RE: 3rd gear doin' the grind

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

Uh oh. Sounds kinda like the 3rd $ynchro is not. Hope that's not it.
What happens if you take 2nd deep, then execute a nice, relaxed shift?
Still grind a pound? What happens the other way, like when you go from
4th at around 4000 down into 3rd? Toast 3rd synchro should grind this
way, too. HTH.

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Ian Duff, 1990 Coupe quattro 20v, Red/Black

Home: New Bedford, MA, USA
Work: Charter Systems, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA
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>From: 	jpmahala@juno.com[SMTP:jpmahala@juno.com]
>Sent: 	Sunday, 08 September, 1996 12:46 AM
>To: 	Quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	3rd gear doin' the grind
>
>For a while, my '91 coupe quattro has had this nasty habit of grinding
>it's way into 3rd gear if I take 2nd gear above approx. 5000 rpms
>before
>shifting.  Chances are that this is not the norm and I am curious as to
>the advice you guys might have on this problem.  Should I start looking
>for a new clutch?  A new tranny perhaps?(Please, dear God, no)  Would
>adjusting the clutch help?  If so, how does one go about doing it?
>
>Right now I am planning on having the tranny oil changed and hopefully
>that will solve the problem.  I am not going to hold my breath though.
>
>Thanks,
>
>JP Mahala (jpmahala@juno.com)
>
>'91 Coupe Quattro
>