how many of you honestly grinded 2nd

[enigM@]

i don't always do this cuz i know our cars aren't built for this, but i was in first gear @5000 rpm and pulled to 2nd.. i probably didnt have the clutch in all the way, and i grinded 2nd gear.. really bad sound and feeling

so, how many of you honestly grinded 2nd gear when pushing your car?

 

[Aricjm15]

never done it in any of the cars I have driven, have hit the rev-limiter plenty though

 

[Striker187]

were you looking at your sig while driving? that may have been the problem

never grinded a gear while pushing it. though my friend has done it a couple of times in his 200sx. tranny still works fine. shouldn't be something to worry about unless you start grinding a bunch for some reason...

 

[CruzinAltitude]

Issue 1 - Grinding 2nd Gear - Ive done it once driving hard and all I could think was . . . (hand)

Issue 2 - Your Sig - (yippy)

 

[enigM@]

can someone explain to me what grinding in 2nd can really do?

and is it just my car or is it normal that it's harder to pull into 2nd when @high rpms?


thanks for the sig compliments

 

[Aricjm15]

it can mess up the syncro's to second gear, hold the clutch alittle longer, make sure you feel it go into gear before you start letting off, what I have seen some people do is they are letting off the clutch as they are pulling the shifter back and they dont even know it

 

[uclap5]

the shift to second takes a split second longer than any other shift, and yeah make sure you keep the clutch down. i used to have that problem and i was lifting up too early.

give it some more practice giving it a half second longer than any other shift.

 

[enigM@]

thanks for the reply's

it's tough though to pull into 2nd, not smooth at all.. gotta use more umphh

i'll keep practicing

 

[zumi]

yeap, that's one of the characteristics of our cars.

it seems to be common in cars tho...i was driving my bro-in-law's S4 the other day (drooooool...) and it was harder to go 1-2 at high revs also.

 

[TStar]

it happened to me to..i accellerated to about 5krpm and tried to shift into 2nd gear...*roaaaaaaaar*
that sound went right through my bones... damn

 

[EviLMaN]

lol i dont have that problem cause im used to drivin a z3 and that clutch is stiff its just a tad easy then a cable clutch and when i first got into my car i can just pretty mutch throw the stick in gear for how easy it is lol

 

[herbieP5]

I have the same problem. it happens to me more ofter than I would like,

I fing it hard to drop my car into second compared to the other gears, and every other car I have driven.

in My 94 civic I didnt even need to use the clutch if I kept the revs in the right spot.

could never do this in my 5.

 

[Monstermile]

I've been driving a stick for 19 years and I have done it twice in the 3 weeks I have owned my P5. I think it is because I am trying to shift too fast and the clutch has a little longer reach than I am used to.

 

[Mike R]

I've done it like twice, my wife ground the hell out of it the second time I let her drive it-which was for me to hear the new HKS exhaust. All I heard was grinding.(argh)

 

[grishulia]

Yeah... happened to me also... in 3K miles I have on the car it happened 3 or 4 times...

 

[CarolinaYankee]

Same thing here. I've had the car about 2 months and I've done it 3-4 times. I've been driving standard cars/trucks for 11 years, and in all those years I didn't grind more than 3-4 times.

 

[Coqui258]

Now that I have my kartboy shifter/bushings, I find it SOO much harder to shift into 2nd. When I put my stock back on, it was so easy since the shifter was so much higher and it had more leverage to shift.

I've grinded like 3 times in the 6ish months i've had the car...

 

[Elderain]

lol ive done that a time or so when i first got it, i grinded. I was used to my civics loose clutch. Now, I dont grind, just shift a lil slower and push harder into 2nd.

 

[enigM@]

arrite.. now i know that i'm not the only one haha

 

[StreetPreacher]

I find that the only way to get into second smoothly is to either shift at very low speed/rpm (like shifting to second at around 5km/h) or shifting quickly right at 4.5k RPM's. At 4500 I can put it into second, engage the clutch, then hit the gas smooth as silk...