Mike Burton

I think something is going amiss with my 5th gear. Car is '01, just short of 6k miles. It is crunching on nearly every 4th to 5th chanage now, unless you do it vvvvveerrrryyyyyy ssssllllloooowwwwwwllllllyyyyyy.

Anyone else had this problem?

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Mike

submannz

Very interesting, you should use your clutch when changing gears.

No, seriously - second and fifth gears are the know common problems with Subaru gear boxes.

They snap teeth on second gear and flatten teeth in fifth gear.

What model car is it? Turbo/non turbo, clutch type Hydraulic/Cable.

Dan

Mike Burton

Its an MY01 WRX i.e Turbo. No idea what the clutch is mind, but Im sure either yourself, or somebody else reading this will now know anyway.

I can live with it until the 7.5k service, which will come up in the next month.

Cheers

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Mike

mutant_matt

If you're lucky it's just a nut in the gearbox that comes loose (common problem) - get your dealer to check and re-tighten. If it's not this then it could be the syncromesh but it sounds unlikely at 6000 miles....

Matt

Mike Burton

Nope, only crunches into 5th. Just about any revs, but the higher they are, the more crunch you get. All other gears are fine.

I'll live with it until the next service. I just am now very careful on 4th to 5th changes.

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Mike

submannz

Turbo = Hydraulic clutch.

And the problem only exists in fifth gear? What sort of revs are you pulling when this occurs.

Is it also difficult to get into reverse?

It sounds like they will have to replace the gearbox, the selector fork may be bent.

Dan