Subject: RE: Shifting & Whining
Author: Matt Moore
Date: Jun 9, 2002, 10:00 PM
Post ID: 1710403602
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Sounds like maybe a weak shift return spring.
I think that there is an upgrade spring for the shift-return. It is much beefier than the original. I am just about to start to go through my trans and Larry from GT Motors in Lansing, MI showed me what the original and the new ones looked like so that I would know if the trans had been upgraded. Larry told me that this was one of the weakest parts of the trans.
I am also going to be doing the O-ring upgrade to the clutch rod. I had a problem where trans fluid got onto the friction surfaces. I think most of it had to do with my using the level plug as level indicator and overfilling the trans.
As for the whinging, I think the older 4 speeds, maybe all of them, had straight cut gears which tend to be noisier. I haven't been able to ride my 5 speed for several years, so I don't remember how much noise it made.
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Sounds like maybe a weak shift return spring.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I think that there is an upgrade spring for the shift-return.
It is much beefier than the original. I am just about to start to go through my
trans and Larry from GT Motors in Lansing, MI showed me what the original
and the new ones looked like so that I would know if the trans had been
upgraded. Larry told me that this was one of the weakest parts of the
trans.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2> I am also going to be doing the O-ring upgrade to the
clutch rod. I had a problem where trans fluid got onto the friction surfaces. I
think most of it had to do with my using the level plug as level indicator and
overfilling the trans.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>As for the whinging, I think the older 4 speeds, maybe all of
them, had straight cut gears which tend to be noisier. I haven't been able to
ride my 5 speed for several years, so I don't remember how much noise it
made.</FONT></DIV>
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