RE: Gear crunch when shifing into 2nd

["Ian Overholt" <ioverholt@hotmail.com>]

That sounds similar to my story.  The synthetic has reduced the 
grinding, but if I go above 3K and then try to shift quickly to 2nd 
while the tranny is cold, it will still grind.  But if I shift slower 
and give the syncro time to work, there's no grinding.  I've suspected 
the 2nd gear syncro needs replacing, and probably will be replaced if I 
ever have a need to remove the transmission.

Ian Overholt
'88 16v
'80 Volvo wagonmeister

From: Tim Ebling <tim@surreal.com>


On the other hand, I switched to Redline MTL a few months ago and *did*
notice an improvement in shifting smoothness; however, my 2nd gear still
grinds as it always did.  I strongly suspect the 2nd gear synchro is 
hosed.

- -tim

> Switch to synthetic and you won't have that problem 
> anymore... at least I
> don't.  I got 2 quarts of Spectro from Techtonics 2 years 
> ago.  I replaced all
> of the seals at the same time and have had no leaks and no 
> grinding even in
> winter.  HTH
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