Saki GT

I believe you remove the trans. and clean it. Its something you'd do when you replace a clutch.

acn684

Oh...seems wayyy too low on miles for me warrant taking out the transmission right now.

Anybody provide inside on how to adjust the clutch freeplay? I've read a few posts but they all seem extremely confusing. I'm pretty good with mechanics, but there didn't seem to be a clear description on how to adjust the free play.

acn684

Having driven the car more now, this is what my symptoms are:

1. Car off - engine cold/warm (doesn't matter) - gears slide in and out without any issue if I go in order from 1-6. I know i'm in gear cause the shifter stops moving. If i skip around, it might get caught up once in a while.

2. Car moving - upshift. I can almost feel every gear "bite" going up - not a grind feeling but sorta like the teeths don't come in exactly flush with each other.

3. Car moving - downshift. Almost all shifts going down are smooth like as if the engine is off.

All the time - coming out of a gear is completely smooth and friction-free.

Any idea what else I can be doing here?

acn684

Insight from experienced owners? Thanks!

s2khatcher

I get exactly the same in my 70k '03 AP1. Usually at lower rpm or when not accelerating hard. 1->2 is the worst followed by 2->3. Can't get rid of it at all. All vital fluids were changed some 6 months ago to no avail and recently tried the 'slick 50' thing in the gearbox which made changes smooth as honey for about 10 miles and then went back to normal!

I've tried lots of methods to reduce it. I now tend to start off in second for the first few pull aways (drops in nicely without too much clutch drag) and just add a delay of about half a second or so when going from 2->3 (just pause mid change). When it's loosens up a bit I go back to starting in first and add a similar delay going from 1->2 and this seems to work smoothly most of the time. I've never had to 'molly coddle' a car so much but it's the only annoying thing about an otherwise great car.

If you ever get to a solution I'd love to hear it, but it seems to be a general issue better in some and worse in others. We seem to be in the latter camp.

What's funny is that if you are 'going for it', hard acceleration and high rpm, it all seems to work perfectly... it's probably a ploy to make you drive them how they were designed to be driven. ;-)

soon2bspooled

i use gm syncromesh with friction modifier.


best mtf fluid on the market hands down. got rid of all the notchy shifting in my 150k mile 01.