Crunch in 2nd

[Sumo]

Benm: One thing maybe not to rule out is the diff? They will give a nice whine whilst driving when not in the best condition

Sumo

[benm]

Turned out being a dead spiggot bush and a fried clutch. Check http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...&threadid=11574 for details.

[Airzone]

Ok, now the interesting part. I don't have the gear to get under my car until I visit my olds this weekend. Just how hard is it to get the oil from out of the can into the top of the gearbox? What tools did you guys use, if any? Or can you just put it in a small coke bottle and slowly transfer it?

[benm]

I took my car to my friendly local Better Brakes workshop and they did it for free. They were gonna charge me $10 but in the end they didnt care coz our family has been getting brakes thru them for years.

Probably cost you $25 elsewhere which I would advise to do coz its cool looking under your car and seeing all the bits that you don't normally see

[Airzone]

Ok, good advice. I just gotta make sure they put in the oil I provide, and not substitute it for cheap shitty stuff and keeping it for themselves :-)

Anyway, I know a mechanic near my olds house who I might pay a visit to. We get along fine, but they might be too busy.

[Pops]

I changed my g/box oil yesterday , I used Castrol VMX80 , seems to have helped but not cured it entirely . The redline oil is next on my list . It really looks like if you have this crunching problem in your gearbox , it may be a good idea to go straight for the Redline shockproof oil .

Damn those g/box drain and filler plugs were soooo tight had to put a 3 foot pipe on the end of my ratchet to get them off .

Has anyone heard of any sort of g/box additive that could help this problem ? Just a thought .

I should've gone the Redline straight up , ahh well we live and learn !

[Duncan]

lol, "told you so", I tried a motul oil first too!

[_turtle_]

"Has anyone heard of any sort of g/box additive that could help this problem ? Just a thought . "

put in a tube of nulon G70, that should help it. i put in a tube of that with the last gear box oil change. just wondering, can you just add that tube in without doing an oil change?

[Guest k34_56]

hello....

i have an ER34 and i tink i have the same problem. i never knew how to describe it but i think crunch is the right word! the mechanic who checked the car used the word backlash and that there was nothing wrong with the gear box.

i'v replaced my gear oil with kaaz, but problem still there.

now, when i shift from 1st to 2nd, i paused a moment in neutral before shifting into 2nd gear.i do not feel any crunch whenever i did this.

juz adding my 2 cents !

[MacK]

how does it cost to change gear box oil say from a serive centre??

[benm]

I get all brake work done at "Better Brakes" in penrith along with my mum and sister) and he said they normally charge $10-20. But in the end he did it for free.

Apparently tlai told me the other day that CRD were gonna charge $160 to supply/fit.