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26-02-2005, 04:30 PM
Bear with me here...
My gearbox has been having problems with jerkiness for some time, although it does seem to come and go. I have, however, noticed two things that seemed to have a significant effect upon it.
1) Front tyre pressure. For a while the gearbox was very indecisive, and the car seemed to lack some power. I found out that because I'd done the tyres on a very cold morning, they were too high in pressure (around 0.2 bar too high). Letting them down to the correct pressure, and the gearbox started to behave again.
2) Tracking and alignment. Getting this done has brought back the handling feel that was going missing, but does also seem to have resulted in smoother shifts, especially 1-2.
My question is am I just imagining things, having found a minor problem and solved it that others have gone as well? Or is it possible that because all these things are in the driveline, they are having an effect on the behaviour of the transmission?
And yes, I'm still going to do the fluid. I have 10 litres of beautifully bright red (unlike what's in the car) Amsoil here, just begging to go in the car...
My gearbox has been having problems with jerkiness for some time, although it does seem to come and go. I have, however, noticed two things that seemed to have a significant effect upon it.
1) Front tyre pressure. For a while the gearbox was very indecisive, and the car seemed to lack some power. I found out that because I'd done the tyres on a very cold morning, they were too high in pressure (around 0.2 bar too high). Letting them down to the correct pressure, and the gearbox started to behave again.
2) Tracking and alignment. Getting this done has brought back the handling feel that was going missing, but does also seem to have resulted in smoother shifts, especially 1-2.
My question is am I just imagining things, having found a minor problem and solved it that others have gone as well? Or is it possible that because all these things are in the driveline, they are having an effect on the behaviour of the transmission?
And yes, I'm still going to do the fluid. I have 10 litres of beautifully bright red (unlike what's in the car) Amsoil here, just begging to go in the car...