6MT OWNERS!!! Do you feel this?
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12-26-2004, 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by t3knokon
Will you really wear the synchro's???
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The vibrating shift **** is an oldschool manual car thing. Most new manual cars do not have this "feature" to it about the vibrations. Supposedly it's good because you can sort of "feel" where the engine rpm's are at without looking at the tachometer.
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Sup all...
I drive with my left hand on the wheel and right hand on the shift ****.
Always.
And so i feel the different vibrations and such in the engine at the ****.
But i'm wondering if this vibration is normal.
For instance, I'm accelerating through 4th gear at about 3500 RPM.
Then i let off the throttle to let the engine brake kick in and slow down. As the RPM comes down, there is a brief instance when my shifter vibrates harshly.
This being my first MT, i don't know if this is normal. But it has been with me since day one. Just wondering if it is indeed normal, or something i should have a tech look at.
So basically, while engine braking, shifter vibrates (noticably harsh) for a second or two. Like there's a sweet spot in the RPMs.
Anyone?
I drive with my left hand on the wheel and right hand on the shift ****.
Always.
And so i feel the different vibrations and such in the engine at the ****.
But i'm wondering if this vibration is normal.
For instance, I'm accelerating through 4th gear at about 3500 RPM.
Then i let off the throttle to let the engine brake kick in and slow down. As the RPM comes down, there is a brief instance when my shifter vibrates harshly.
This being my first MT, i don't know if this is normal. But it has been with me since day one. Just wondering if it is indeed normal, or something i should have a tech look at.
So basically, while engine braking, shifter vibrates (noticably harsh) for a second or two. Like there's a sweet spot in the RPMs.
Anyone?
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04-25-2010, 10:48 AM
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I was actually Searching this...I noticed it in my G35 6MT this past week...EXACTLY what you are describing, but I haven't noticed it before...I wonder if it is normal......its about 3500 RPM and you let your foot of the gas and as the RPM strop at around 3000 there is a harsh vibration in the shifter for 2 seconds or so and then it goes away (i think its 4th or 5th gear at 40mph)...
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04-25-2010, 11:34 AM
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04-25-2010, 12:52 PM
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^^ Don't discredit him with your own one person experience. Just because you've never had a problem proves nothing. I was taught in mechanic school to, "Stop trying to look like a badass and keep your damn hand off the shifter!" I know they said syncros and thought the fork also? But maybe not..
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#27
04-25-2010, 02:56 PM
You're more likely to notice vibrations in a RWD car like our G35's in comparison to a front wheel drive MT car because your gear shifter goes directly into the transmission in a RWD car. In a FWD car, the gear shifter is connected to the tranny by a bar, and some of the vibrations are absorbed or muffled due to the bar and the distance between the tranny and the gear shifter lever.
That being said... my last 3 cars have all been RWD MT vehicles... and the vibration that this thread was initially posted in regards to is something I've only noticed on my G35. It seems to do it mostly around 3500 RPM's when you are on the gas hard and then let off the gas and compression brake down from something above 3500 RPM's to something below 3500 RPM's. I think it's normal for our cars to do that(although I don't really think it should be), but it's not normal for all cars to do this.
That being said... my last 3 cars have all been RWD MT vehicles... and the vibration that this thread was initially posted in regards to is something I've only noticed on my G35. It seems to do it mostly around 3500 RPM's when you are on the gas hard and then let off the gas and compression brake down from something above 3500 RPM's to something below 3500 RPM's. I think it's normal for our cars to do that(although I don't really think it should be), but it's not normal for all cars to do this.
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