Has anyone experienced hard shifting between 1st and 2nd gear, and a clunking sound like their is a bad mount or something. My car is perfect just these 2 issues are becoming annoying.

thank you for any help you all can provide me

 

I also have a clunking sound coming from one of the rear mount after i got the spring and KYB installed and can't figure out how to fix the clunking noise... yes it's very annoying everytime i go over a bump......

 

This sucks such a nice car and no one knows whats wrong with it. The clunking is just wrong anyone that can help out there or got their noise fixed please let me know

 

yes please do reply... it's really annoying....

 

Not to state the obvious, but why don't you reinstall your springs and sturts. Maybe you missed something or did not tighten the strut bolts or correctly.

 

well i didn't install it and to have it reinstalled it will cost me another $300 so i can't afford it now..... and i have tried to tighten all the bolts and no luck....

 

1. If I paid someone to install my susupesion and it made noises you can bet they would hear from me.

2. You say it's only at one corner so it won't cost $300.

3. All you need is a few tools, jack, jack stands, good directions and the most basic of mechanical knowledge in order to do it yourself

 

What About My Car Its Not Lowered And It Still Makes The Noise. Maybe New Wheels And Tires Will Rid The Problem...lol

 

IF you think it is your tranny or related to it some how, then I suggest you go to a reputable tranny shop. Most will do free diagnostics(drive your car around and tell you what they think) they might be able to give you some idea of what might be wrong.

 

I am glad I have an auto magic.

 

After all I been through with this tranny of mine I sometimes wish I just had an auto









































not really

 

That was really sarcasm. The 2002-2003 I35's don't come available with manuel tranny's. Inifiniti made sure people who have the desire to race would go with the G35 instead of the I35. Sucks huh.

 

well it's been about 3 month now since it was installed so they said they will not do it for free......

so i have found a site that shows how to install struts so i'm going to try it out this weekend.... crossing my fingers.....

 

Good luck man

 

only way to learn i guess.... but i better keep attention more this time.... when i installed the Y-Pipe, cat, and b pipe...... i had no problem taking it off and putting the new parts on but later on when i tried to put the original y pipe on i couldn't........ so i had to take it to muffler shop to put it back on....

 

You custom made your setup right? Because to this moment I have not been able to find any and I mean any ready made for use aftermarket parts for the I35's.

 

j/k pretty much maxima aftermarket parts works great...

all my performace parts are for maxima expect few cosmetic parts...

 

this may not be exactly helpful.. but maybe it will.
my dad has a lexus es 300.. and after he had some new struts put on the back it had a weird thunking noise when going over a speedbump/curb/bump/etc. coming from what sounded to be the trunk area (like a loose something was rolling around in the back)

anyways, after we took it to a diff shop, the guy said that it was a common mistake for the es300 if the person installing the strut doesn't do it right. he must have fixed it cause it doesn't thunk no more.

perhaps your original installer didn't do it properly. if this is the case then 3 months or not they should fix it if they didn't install it right in the first place.

hope that helps some

 

are you able to find out what they did to fix the problem?

 

so sorry... i asked my dad.. all he said was that the mechanic said that "it wasn't installed properly". but didn't say what it was that he did.

kinda makes me think that it couldn't have been that bad.. but then again.. if it wasn't installed properly.. who knows eh?

sorry i can't help you more than that.

 

thanks for checking on it...

 

np. hope you get that fixed.. i know what it's like to be plague by a rogue noise.. i still have one in the front right.. i think it's a strut bearing.. i'll change it when i get my springs/struts

 

I got the same clunk going into 2nd gear. in my case its not suspension related. its also kinda notchy getting into 2nd so maybe its syncro related. btw im already on redline mt-90

 

ehhh i got a clunking sound coming from my rsb... but i know that because the bolts arent tight enough.. the bolts sound like loose change when the car is driven.. im just too lazy to get under the car, and dont have a torque wrench... how tight should those bolts be tightened? 25lbs/ft right?