So my 3rd gear was notchy about a year ago. the dealer couldn't duplicate it but found brass in the fluid and replaced it. started doing it again shortly after so i just shrugged it off and figured I'd live with it. now it's started on 2nd gear. i'll give you the perfect scenario for it to grind: take off from a dead stop and clutch in at 2.5k minimum then slowly shift into 2nd. it grinds so bad that i can't get it into gear. doesn't do it in any other gear or downshifting. only 2nd. if i shift faster, it just feels notchy but if i'm going slow (neighborhood, traffic, etc) i shift slower and just adjust my clutch engagement accordingly, grinding like a finger in a box fan. to the dealer on friday. what are the odds of getting 2 units with bad synchros? anyone else with a notchy shifter able to duplicate this? i could understand if i drove it like a maniac but i baby this car 99% of the time. i guess this is the thanks i get. will post dealer outcome

/end rant

 

Sounds like a bad synchro. Maybe your 2nd gear synchro is going bad?

 

ur sig sounds like a ncie a$$ car

 

Yeah, I have a similar problem with my 5th gear. When I first got the car a few months back it was almost impossible to even put it into 5th. I found that if you zig zag it in to gear, it doesn't grind horribly, and after doing that for a while on my car at least it almost completely stopped grinding, although I have a really weird tendency of shifting to 5th now. But I'd recommend fixing it, I have other things to pay for so I can't :/.

 

Also one more thing, try flushing out the Fluid again. Go to a local GM dealer, and try their tranny fluid called GM Synchromesh. This stuff is awsome for older/ trannies that have some problems. The unique blend they offer almost always works to help with Grinds and rough shifting.

This is a little honda trick i learned a couple years back.