mkk62

just did 2 track days in rain...back home noticed 3rd to 4th gear feels like the shifter has a little gum stuck to it....still engages well.just takes a little more effort i have OEM short shifter.....no problems at track day and going to track next wk...wondering if it is something to worry about or needs checking before another day at the track..anyone experience similar?

2005 997s 14k miles

thanks

mk

draxa

MK, just an idea - check out an earlier post by me (probably a couple of months back) titled "Aaaaargh my car broke".

jcnesq

Most likely it needs adjustment. My OEM short shifter has been adjusted twice, and it still needs another adjustment, I think.

mkk62

thanks back to the dealer

mk

Carrera Mike

Funny I read this. My car also have an factory installed SSK and sometimes at full stop(like waiting at a traffic light), shifter does not want to go into 1st gear. Feels like a shift gate preventing it. I had to press the clutch a couple of times for it to go in.

ozcav

That is a "feature" of the 997 and it isn't limited to the SSK.

Carrera Mike

Even from dead stop?

cvazquez

Requires cable adjustment... After 3X attempts by the dealership they finally got it right.

mkk62

cable adjusted, better but they ordered all new shifter and calbes for me

mk

gota911

Cool! Glad they took care of you.

ozcav

Yes, and it happens even when the car is at normal operating temperture.

Carrera Mike

Hmmmnn, Ive never heard that before. i know that the 1st gear shift gate engages when you're moving at speed so its hard to do a money shift/prevents shifting into 1st gear. and it opens at lower speeds and full open at dead stop.

mkk62

omg, got new cables, shifter, everything replaced under warranty and the shifter is maybe 6 times easier to shift...like shifting through water rather than hot caramel...anyone with an 05 997s still under warranty should get their cables changed...never felt so good even compared with my previous 997s 2005. like a new animal...thanks for all the help

mk

russo

Yes, I occasionally I experience this situation from a dead stop. Really frustrating when the light turns green and your trying to engage 1st and have to settle for 2nd because I don't want to be honked by drivers behind me. Lately, I have experimented with tapping the throttle before engaging 1st and seems to work.

cole328

I experience the same thing find that if I "blip" the throttle before shifting into first, it always works odd quirk but when it happens, at least I now know what to do