I posted a few days ago that my tranny went out on me while I was driving on Sat.. Basically I was shifting from 4th to 5th and it wouldn't go into fifth.. It got stuck in "n" and the shifter wouldn't shift into any gears..

I had the tranny taken apart last night and I found the problem... 5th gear was blown into pieces So I gotta get a new hub and gear. Since I got the tranny apart I mine as well do the cyro treatment on all the gears and syncro's.. I was reasearching this new high energy friction that they have for the syncro's that will allow you to shift faster. If they have them avail for the max I'll throw them in...

 

*Clap Clap*

 

 

 

I'm gonna call you on Tues for something

 

doh...



stop blowin trannies..

 

Yeah I know.. this is the 2nd one...

I definitely gotta stop beating on it everyday..

 

jeez... i thought i'd be relatively safe swapping to 5spd..... ur making me scared man.

 

don't be scurred...just don't beat up on your tranny...take it easy and you should be fine

 

quaife it while its open

 

he has one already

 

Yeap

 

Just don't beat on your car and race it everyday. I redline and boost my car everyday so I'm surprised everything just doesn't blow up on me.. But 5spd conversion is nothing to worry about

 

Well this one wasnt a 4th gen tranny but a 5th gen tranny. I hate the Nissan tranny!!!!

 

Well in general Nissan Tranny's suck!!! They just can't take the hard or fast shifting.. Their motors are a little more tolerant though..

 

Maybe it's the driver.



I blew my motor before blowing either trannies.

 

u no0b

 

lol

 

Ok guys. Let's be a little responsible here. The VQ makes alot of torque for a V6. I think that that fact, coupled with the enthusiasts driver attitude, could contribute to trannies going. I've had my bearing go bad on me, but I still love Maximas.

If Nissan really sucks, get a Honda. They seem to have much less low end torque, so at least you know they won't stress out and break their tranny. Of course, TL/CL-Ses seem to be the exception . . . .

DW

 

just out of curiosity pcguru, what clutch did u have?

 

ACT Street...

 

bullet proof tranny project in the near future. Damn i am surprised that the tranny lasted this long. so you had no 5th gear???

 

Hmmmm.....


Dave

 

damm ive ben noticing a chater/shacking during normal take off, i hope my tranny does blow . Did you guys do proper matnance with your gera oil?

 

Of course.. even switch to redline.

 

I should have the car back today.. Hopefully she still runs like before..

Question.. Should I treat the tranny as if it is new and break it in first? Or since the gears and syncro's are cyro treated I shouldn't have to worry and just beat the snot out of it?

 

just beat the **** outta it....u had 2 trannys blown...whats one more???!!??

 

True!

 

3 times is the charm.. baby this one.. but if you gottta boost, then why wait