broken gear gate/box!?

ni8shadow · 07-11-2009, 10:25 PM

Have an odd issue. While driving I can shift from 3rd to N and 4th to N Without pressing in the clutch at all!
I had the dealer install the BMW perf ssk last summer but I am not sure that is the cause.
When I try going 3rd to N etc nothing grinds or anything. There is just a tiny bit of resistance when doing
It. I found this out when I mis shifted last night. The other shifts are locked in.

Anyone with similar exp?

200Duece · 07-12-2009, 12:40 PM

You are driving a Manual transmission? If it's not doing it by itself you are okay. It's kinda how manual's work

Z22Z · 07-12-2009, 12:56 PM

depending on when you let off the throttle and what your rpms were when you shifted back into gear you can do it without the use of a clutch.

200Duece · 07-12-2009, 01:03 PM

he's just popping the gear box into N from 3rd and 4th. the rpm matching-no clutch using- gear change is a whole different story

Z22Z · 07-12-2009, 01:17 PM

hmm... thats weird. something like that did happen to me once. i was at a light and accidentally hit the shifter lightly. it popped from N to 4 without any sounds or stress but it hasn't happened again. i just went out, checked, and it's not doing it. take it in and have them take a look at it.

200Duece · 07-12-2009, 01:43 PM

I am pretty sure that there is nothing wrong with you being able to "pop" a manual trani into N without pressing the clutch in. If the trani is doing it all by itself then be afraid

Z22Z · 07-12-2009, 01:49 PM

disregard my last post. it's normal as i just drove a few miles without using the clutch to disengage. Duece is right, as long as its not doing it by itself it's cool.

ni8shadow · 07-12-2009, 05:08 PM

Thanks guys. Guess I don't have to worry about it! *knocks on wood

red.66mustang · 07-12-2009, 06:41 PM

Do any of you guys have a problem getting the car into 1st sometimes? Occasionally when I am driving and stopped at like a light, the shifter won't go into 1st (almost like there is a lockout). If I shift into 2nd then back into 1st it remedies it.

200Duece · 07-12-2009, 07:53 PM

normal for all manual trani's

Z22Z · 07-13-2009, 12:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by red.66mustang

Do any of you guys have a problem getting the car into 1st sometimes? Occasionally when I am driving and stopped at like a light, the shifter won't go into 1st (almost like there is a lockout). If I shift into 2nd then back into 1st it remedies it.

yea. you could also give it enough gas to raise the rpm by a few hundred and it should also go in.

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200Duece Colonel 45 Rep 2,575 Posts Drives: '73 2002,'18 X5 35d,'17 328d T Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: A Whale's Vagina, Ca iTrader: (5)	You are driving a Manual transmission? If it's not doing it by itself you are okay. It's kinda how manual's work __________________ 1988 E28 535is Euro Conversion --- sold 2009 E90 335 6MT --- sold 2003 E39 540iT Msport --- sold
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Z22Z Lieutenant 33 Rep 536 Posts Drives: WRX Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Glendale, CA iTrader: (0)	depending on when you let off the throttle and what your rpms were when you shifted back into gear you can do it without the use of a clutch.
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200Duece Colonel 45 Rep 2,575 Posts Drives: '73 2002,'18 X5 35d,'17 328d T Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: A Whale's Vagina, Ca iTrader: (5)	he's just popping the gear box into N from 3rd and 4th. the rpm matching-no clutch using- gear change is a whole different story __________________ 1988 E28 535is Euro Conversion --- sold 2009 E90 335 6MT --- sold 2003 E39 540iT Msport --- sold
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Z22Z Lieutenant 33 Rep 536 Posts Drives: WRX Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Glendale, CA iTrader: (0)	hmm... thats weird. something like that did happen to me once. i was at a light and accidentally hit the shifter lightly. it popped from N to 4 without any sounds or stress but it hasn't happened again. i just went out, checked, and it's not doing it. take it in and have them take a look at it.
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200Duece Colonel 45 Rep 2,575 Posts Drives: '73 2002,'18 X5 35d,'17 328d T Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: A Whale's Vagina, Ca iTrader: (5)	I am pretty sure that there is nothing wrong with *you* being able to "pop" a manual trani into N without pressing the clutch in. If the trani is doing it all by itself then be afraid __________________ 1988 E28 535is Euro Conversion --- sold 2009 E90 335 6MT --- sold 2003 E39 540iT Msport --- sold
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Z22Z Lieutenant 33 Rep 536 Posts Drives: WRX Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Glendale, CA iTrader: (0)	disregard my last post. it's normal as i just drove a few miles without using the clutch to disengage. Duece is right, as long as its not doing it by itself it's cool.
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ni8shadow First Lieutenant 43 Rep 363 Posts Drives: e90 328i 6MT Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Canyon Country iTrader: (2)	Thanks guys. Guess I don't have to worry about it! *knocks on wood
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red.66mustang Black.e90 16 Rep 147 Posts Drives: 03 M3, 6MT, Carbon Blk/Cinnamn Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (0)	Do any of you guys have a problem getting the car into 1st sometimes? Occasionally when I am driving and stopped at like a light, the shifter won't go into 1st (almost like there is a lockout). If I shift into 2nd then back into 1st it remedies it. __________________ Current: 03 M3 6MT Carbon Black/Cinnamon; 1963 Volkswagen Beetle Ragtop; 1965 Ford Mustang Conv. 289/4spd Retired: 2006 325i 6MT, 1966 Ford Mustang; 2006 VW Jetta 2.5L, 5MT
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200Duece Colonel 45 Rep 2,575 Posts Drives: '73 2002,'18 X5 35d,'17 328d T Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: A Whale's Vagina, Ca iTrader: (5)	normal for all manual trani's __________________ 1988 E28 535is Euro Conversion --- sold 2009 E90 335 6MT --- sold 2003 E39 540iT Msport --- sold
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