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3rd gear notchy during normal driving. (archive)
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Posted by Dino on December 24, 2000 at 23:20:27:

When accelerating with the rest of the traffic on the road, I find that shifting from 2nd to 3rd is very notchy. There is a tanglible click that I feel just as I leave the stick's neutral position.

This happens even when I completely press the clutch, wait ... shift ... and release the clutch. Once I am in third with the clutch down, if I move it from 2nd back to 3rd, or 4th back to 3rd, I don't feel this.

Is this the transmission? The clutch not engaging enough (but it only affects 3rd gear)? Or perhaps just the "template" or "H" pattern that the stick follows has a sharp corner on it that gets hit from 2nd to 3rd.

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