Does your 2nd gear make a clunk noise? like say a 1-2 shift..
it's like a weird clunking noise..is this normal?

-David

|04'G35c 6mt|03'M3 SMG|03'Is300 Boosted|

 

I have the clunk going in second. It doesn't clunk every time though. The tranny seems to have good days and bad days. Some days it's like butta and other days it's notchy as hell.

 

Ditto....same for mine. Just hit 10K mi.
I am going to change the trans fluid and see if it helps.

"I like you.....You remind me of myself when I was young and foolish"

 

yeah, i get klunks and notchiness...all the 350z guys complain about it too, so i guess its normal. I'm also going to see about getting the fluid changed. I have 14k miles....but if i hear a grind it's gonna be ON!

03 6MT coupe, red/willow, premium, aero, splash guards, alum pedals, clear corners, limo tint, Phatbox 40g mp3 player

 

Not Me! No clunk here. My coupe is a December 02 build, and my shifter has been silky smooth since day one.

Lou

 

Same problems i had and after I got use to.. it seem to be smoother shifting after awhile... I guess it the warm that made the shifter smoother. In cold weather, the shifter gets really hard to shift from 1 to 2nd gear. To be honest, I'm loving it!! I tried one of my best friend's Honda Prelude 5 MT and I didn't like it much because it is tooo smooth... it feels like a girl's car. Anyway, don't worry about the Shifting from 1 to 2nd, get use to it and you'll get to the point.

Cheers!

Original G35 Coupe 6MT, Black on Black

 

No clunk here, ever.


Black/Willow 03.5 6MT, Premium, Navi, Aero, SAT
350Z Nismo CAI

 

Chalk me up, clunk from 1st-2nd...Every other gear is silky smooth...Makes no sense, o well...

 

O and David if you personally have each of those cars in your Sig, I'm officially a very jealous man...lol

 

count me in for notchy shifting. again, only for the 1-2 shift.

the perfect 1-2 shift is possible. go from first to neutral for a split second and then shift to second and things will be fairly smooth.

maybe something is mis-aligned?

oh wells, glad i'm not the only one

Golden Gate G35 Club

 

I also have this problem! Some good days and some bad ones. But I don't think its dependent on weather. I'm out in socal so its always pretty warm but there are days when it runs perfectly during my morning drive and there are other days when I have the shifting problem on my way home from work.

I personally wish something could be down. As some mentioned, I heard changing the transmission fluid helped others so maybe I'll try that...

As drsifu1 mentioned, if you wait a split second before shifting into 2nd, it helps but its hard for me to shift that way. Its kinda not natural. I push the clutch in and wait a second so the rpm can drop to a decent level....

 

My first transmission would basically lock out of second gear. My current transmission clunks, grinds, snags, and shifts butter smooth. It so mother*&*&* schizophrenic and driving me crazy. Every time I shift it's like a roll of the dice Speaking of this topic could someone pretty please w/sugar on top respond to my question here differing gaps at shifter

 

No clunks from 1-2nd, but I only have 250km. Did it clunk from day one, or did it start happening recently?

 

Mine was perfect......until right at 10K miles.
And I "got used to it" the 1st week....I've been driving manuals for 30+ years.

"I like you.....You remind me of myself when I was young and foolish"