grinding 6th gear - Page 3 - G35Driver - Infiniti G35 & G37 Forum Discussion

Jul 18, 2008 | 08:48 AM

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Scooby24

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From: Overland Park, KS

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cali G

I'd imagine gear skipping is ok as long as you're pretty much matching revs with the next gear.

I.E. 1st > redline, 2nd > redline, pause and rpms drop to ~2,400 and you put it in 5th @ ~50mph or so.

You can also put GM Syncromesh in if your syncros are grinding and you can't get things fixed under warranty... it made all the gear grinding in 3rd gear in my old VW go away and is commonly used across various makes and models to solve grinding.

Be careful with Synchromesh. I used it in my WRX and it made the synchro grind go away but it's so thin it's not providing nearly the protection I'm comfortable with for the gears themselves.

I'm partial to redline shockproof lightweight. I used it in my STI and all synchros were happy and it's so thick, I felt the risk of slamming gears and high rpm clutch drops wasn't nearly what it used to be.