Actually there are two different synchro rings involved here on second
gear. One of them functions on shifts from 1st to 2nd and a different
ring functions on shifts from 2nd to 3rd.
Your comment is still correct. The second gear synchros get a lot more
use and wear.
Rick Chianese
SRL311-14035
Orlando, FL - Waterspouts at Cape Kennedy
Gordon Glasgow @SMTP@Exchange wrote:
>
> Not necessarily. 2nd gear synchro gets more wear than any other. Think
> about
> driving in stop-and-go traffic: 1st-2nd, 2nd-3rd, 3rd-2nd, 2nd-1st. You
> just
> hit the synchros in 1st and 3rd once each, but 2nd gear synchro got hit
> twice. It's always the one that goes first.
>
> "PATRICK P. CASTRONOVO" wrote:
>
> > it would mean that the po was a racer, and was speed shifting from 1st to
> > 2nd gear, and the 2nd gear syncro is in need of replacement.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ERW <erwilsey@ix.netcom.com>
> > To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Date: Monday, July 19, 1999 9:13 AM
> > Subject: '70 4Speed
> >
> > >Hi!
> > >
> > >Can anyone tell me why second gear would be the only gear to get the
> > >"Can't find them, Grind them" sound consistently?
> > >
> > >Thanks you!
> > >
> > >Jim
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Gordon Glasgow
> Renton, WA
> http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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