997 manual transmission grinding in 5th
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Sorry for the delay in providing an update. It took a while for the warranty company to approve the replacement. Dealer ordered parts and will be performing the following.
- New transmission and mount
- New clutch and release bearing
- Rear main seal
Thanks for all the comments. Will also reply if I get a chance to ask about the 1st gear question.
- New transmission and mount
- New clutch and release bearing
- Rear main seal
Thanks for all the comments. Will also reply if I get a chance to ask about the 1st gear question.
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I have my car back after 6 weeks. Yay!
I had a chance to ask the tech about the notorious 1st gear issue and he confirmed that it is a known issue. There is no fix, just part of the design of the system. It is considered "normal" to have difficulty shifting into first unless completely stopped and even then it can be difficult.
Thanks all for the discussions.
I had a chance to ask the tech about the notorious 1st gear issue and he confirmed that it is a known issue. There is no fix, just part of the design of the system. It is considered "normal" to have difficulty shifting into first unless completely stopped and even then it can be difficult.
Thanks all for the discussions.
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I have my car back after 6 weeks. Yay!
I had a chance to ask the tech about the notorious 1st gear issue and he confirmed that it is a known issue. There is no fix, just part of the design of the system. It is considered "normal" to have difficulty shifting into first unless completely stopped and even then it can be difficult.
Thanks all for the discussions.
I had a chance to ask the tech about the notorious 1st gear issue and he confirmed that it is a known issue. There is no fix, just part of the design of the system. It is considered "normal" to have difficulty shifting into first unless completely stopped and even then it can be difficult.
Thanks all for the discussions.
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I have the same issue with my 2007 997. I have noticed if It doesn’t want to go into first that if I shift to 2nd then back to first then it will go into gear.
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Its sort of the same concept. Next time try just depressing the clutch a second time and then engaging first. I bet you will find the synchros have aligned and it slides right in.
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It’s amazing what we have to go thru to get the gear into first for Christ’s sake. Throw in 2nd and then 1st, double clutch, start rolling in 2nd first, put in 1st as you roll to a stop to ensure that it goes in after you start off again, change your gear oil every year...LOL. This doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it is really annoying as F. Never had this problem in my Boxster, and I never once changed out the gear oil in the 17 yrs I owned it! Too bad there’s no definitive fix. It’s not that I can’t live with it, cause I can, but it’s annoying when I allow my friends to drive it, and have to explain to them that it sometimes balks when you try to get it into first and tell them not to panic. I guess the good thing is that I don’t have a problem of it grinding when I go into 5th. ![Smilie](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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We'll just have to chaulk it up to character. Mine has 19k and balks sometimes.
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It’s amazing what we have to go thru to get the gear into first for Christ’s sake. Throw in 2nd and then 1st, double clutch, start rolling in 2nd first, put in 1st as you roll to a stop to ensure that it goes in after you start off again, change your gear oil every year...LOL. This doesn’t happen often, but when it does, it is really annoying as F. Never had this problem in my Boxster, and I never once changed out the gear oil in the 17 yrs I owned it! Too bad there’s no definitive fix. It’s not that I can’t live with it, cause I can, but it’s annoying when I allow my friends to drive it, and have to explain to them that it sometimes balks when you try to get it into first and tell them not to panic. I guess the good thing is that I don’t have a problem of it grinding when I go into 5th. ![Smilie](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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