2nd gear blown at 10,000 miles?

[cobaltkrazy]

and my SS/na has like 22k on it, and already did a FULL overhaul to it

dont feel bad, i believe we all have had our share of run in's with bad balts

okay i might shift hard of the stop light if a honda or a foucs is next to me but i had an s-10 that i beat the liven dog crap out of for 120,000 and it still runs fine so 10,000 miles and bad tranny parts make me wonder

[cobaltkrazy]

Originally Posted by lilredcoupe1

okay i might shift hard of the stop light if a honda or a foucs is next to me but i had an s-10 that i beat the liven dog crap out of for 120,000 and it still runs fine so 10,000 miles and bad tranny parts make me wonder

i know the feeling, i am driving my little grey camry, 320k km on it(do the math), that thing has been more reliable than my balt!!

[cobalt-z]

i had trany work done to at 14,500 miles for 3rd gear syncros cuz i was dropping to 3rd from 4th at like 5,000rpm or so and racing that way, lol oooops, well i had my clutch go at the same timish and found out my pressure plate is warped like 15thds on the inside portion of the plate. crazy ik fighting it out with the dealer ship for reimbursment. but i'm winning.

[gibsonj4]

holy crap dude so u were dropping inyo 3rd when u were at 5k in 4th instanmt redline?

[cobalt-z]

yeah basically but dude that just goes to show how well my trany is holding up...

[Maven]

Yeah the Getrag F23-5 that comes attached to the 2.2 and 2.4 cars is pretty good little piece. so long as you dont abuse it. If you can still find any these really like Mobil 1 Dexron III ATF(and Royal Purple DexronIII) It'll shift smoother, last longer, run cooler. If you can find a case of the Mobil 1 left anywhere, buy it, and change your fluid every 10-20,000 miles. DO NOT PUT ANY DEXRON VI FLUID IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION

I had 2nd gear go outta my 2.4l balt at around 12,000 miles. It's mainly a syncro problem, since then nothing and i got about 20,000 miles on it now. But I get a bad clutch smell every once in a while, for no reason. I can be driving the car right easy and i'll smell clutch. I can run er to redline through 3 gears and stop, and nothing. It really puzzles me, I think I may have clutch problems in the near future...

[TenYearsBeOhBe]

Originally Posted by gibsonj4

How about this....34K on my 2007 LS and I drive pizza almost all city driving...no issues

YES!!! you are so awesome, I thought I was the worst person in the world for having an 07 with over 30k on it, but now I see you are slightly ahead of me and feel quite so bad...

But I'm same boat and have had no problems at all thus far. Is popping it into neutral without using the clutch bad or is that ok? I do that a lot when I need to coast? Should I stop? lol

[daman]

Originally Posted by lilredcoupe1

already at the dealer just seeing if other people had that problem so they couldnt try to screw me! ha ha they just called said some plastic pad broke causing 2nd not to engauge all the way then the syncro burnt up and i bent the shift fork. but they ordering all the parts should only be a few days till its fixed and i can pick my rental up at any time. score me 1 dealer 0

Same thing happened to me an about 18000 miles. But it happened at the track power shifting. Somehow I still got it covered under warranty