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Title: Concerns over notchy shifting?
Post by: Vsekvsek on August 20, 2013, 08:40:49 AM
Sometimes my 89 at 40000 miles has a little notchy shifting. I don't have the second gear issue as described but sometimes the shifting is a little notchy. Well, today coming to a stop downshifting it did something weird. I think I had it in second and was downshifting to neutral and i heard gears making a rattle noise like it was trying to catch. Then it went into neutral just fine. Should I be concerned?
Title: Re: Concerns over notchy shifting?
Post by: HARTLESS on August 20, 2013, 10:03:03 AM
sounds to me like you just kicked the lever down a little to far and you started to hit first.....hard to tell by not actually hearing it though
Title: Re: Concerns over notchy shifting?
Post by: The General on August 20, 2013, 03:29:37 PM
Quote from: Vsekvsek on August 20, 2013, 08:40:49 AM
Sometimes my 89 at 40000 miles has a little notchy shifting. I don't have the second gear issue as described but sometimes the shifting is a little notchy. Well, today coming to a stop downshifting it did something weird. I think I had it in second and was downshifting to neutral and i heard gears making a rattle noise like it was trying to catch. Then it went into neutral just fine. Should I be concerned?
You`ve checked chain is not a fraction tight and clutch is completey disengaging, right?
Title: Re: Concerns over notchy shifting?
Post by: Vsekvsek on August 20, 2013, 05:34:04 PM
Quote from: The General on August 20, 2013, 03:29:37 PM
Quote from: Vsekvsek on August 20, 2013, 08:40:49 AM
Sometimes my 89 at 40000 miles has a little notchy shifting. I don't have the second gear issue as described but sometimes the shifting is a little notchy. Well, today coming to a stop downshifting it did something weird. I think I had it in second and was downshifting to neutral and i heard gears making a rattle noise like it was trying to catch. Then it went into neutral just fine. Should I be concerned?
You`ve checked chain is not a fraction tight and clutch is completey disengaging, right?
No ill have to do that. Sure sounded like tranny noise but happened so fast cant be sure
Title: Re: Concerns over notchy shifting?
Post by: fj11.5 on August 20, 2013, 05:38:31 PM
My 88 starts doing that when its time to bleed the clutch , or when the slave  is starting to leak,, usually lack of lever travel is a good sign