Second Gear Crunch

[PhilH]

I'm getting a second gear crunch on my gearbox. I only seem to get it going from first to second, going down from third to second is fine. If I go from first to second very slowly an gently I can avoid. Other gears seem fine.

 

Do you think a gearbox oil change would fix this? I've found a couple of posts where uprading to a more expensive gearbox all has fixed some gear crunching. I seem to have found more poeple with 2nd to 3rd issues than 1st to 2nd though.

[gregers]

quite possibly always worth doing the easiest and cheapest things 1st.

[SilverBeast]

I also have a first to second crunch, but more so when cold. I have just changed the gearbox oil (though just with some from eBay) and it hasn't made a difference. I'm now down to trying to bleed the clutch, or replacing the intermediate drive shaft. Leaving it for now as I've lived with it for a couple of years, from when I bought it. It makes me drive in a less hurried fashion, which is no bad thing!

[PhilH]

It's funny you should mention the intermediate driveshaft as it seems to have started since changing that! Why would that cause a gear crunch?

[SilverBeast]

I seem to recall reading that changing the intermediate dive shaft improved the gear change for a few people. Forgot to say the other thing I was going to try, but haven't got round to is adjusting the gear selector cables. This looks simple (and free!) Just a little awkward to access the cables at the gearbox end.