hotimportnight9

1. today i just started to hear a clunk noise in my trasnmission when the shifter start to get into 1st gear the very beggining, it comes and go's only in 1st gear should this be somehting to take action on?

2. this is my 2nd max and both did it, when im on highway speed and i hit a lump or pot hole my car jerk from side to side it feels like it going to fishtail anyone experiance this?

2da mizzax

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1) check your tranny fluid for metal shavings. if none are present, do a tranny flush (not a drain and fill).

2) check your suspension components. struts and sway bar linkage. also make sure your tire pressue isnt too low.

hotimportnight9

i search around and found out that doing a flush without the right equipment would be hard to do so is there a specific place i should go to get it done, now im assuming i should re-use the gear lube since i just change it like 3 weeks ago.

i use the haynes manual to check the suspension but is there ne special thing im should b looking for and the tires have the right amount of air according to the arm rest guide inside the car

2da mizzax

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No special tools needed for a tranny flush. you have 2 ways of doing it.

1) Drain the pan. drop the pan. remove and clean the filter with brake cleaner. replace the pan (use RTV). refill the pan. pull off return cooling line running from radiator to tranny and aim it into a drain pan. have someone start the car, shift through every gear and turn the car off. (repeat this until fresh fluid starts coming out and keep topping up). replace return line and level off fluid. only tools needed are a ratchet set, screw driver, jack, drain pan and some oil.

2) same as above but skip dropping and replacing the pan (for those of us who are lazy).

No you shoudlnt reuse the tranny fluid. it may have been 3 weeks ago, but 1) you dont reuse oil and 2) all you did was mix about 30% new fluid with 70% old stuff.



in order to cheak the suspension, press down on each corner of the car and make sure there is no bounce back. also make sure there is decent resistance. Jack up the front, wiggle the wheels 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock and 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock. there should be no play in either direction. visually look at the link and make sure its not broken, make sure the bushings arent too warped and that there isnt play in it. (i would just go ahead and change them since they are about $18 each side).

black_maxed95

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gear lube!?
buy some gl-4 manual transmission fluid. use the correct stuff designed for your car and it will shift smoother.

2da mizzax

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are we talking manual or auto tranny here?

if auto.....no GL-4
if manual............skip my previous flush instructions.

hotimportnight9

its a manual tranny and i use the amsoil gl4, now ive been looking for a write up on how to drop the pan cant fine ne can someone point in the right direction

ZX9RBART

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There is no pan on a manual, just a drain plug and a plug on the side to fill.

hotimportnight9

that explain why i cant find ne info thanx, now is there ne thing i could since theres no pan

2da mizzax

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