TKO 500 syncro's bad?

[Beasly B]

My tko 500 has about 2300 miles on it, at high rpm's and a hard shift 2nd and 4th will grind. At all other rpm's it seems fine but when I'm really running it, those two gears grind. I probably wasn't as good to it on the initial break in as I should have been and ran it 5 times this spring at the strip with about 1700 miles on it, I just couldn't wait evedentaly. Will more wear maybe fix it or should I go on and pull it back out and replace those to sycronizers now before it really messes up something?

 

[89stangWhiz]

hmmm, not sure what to tell you, but can say that I have a similar issue. But its nothing to do with my rpm, half the time shifting into 4th grinds a LITTLE. Its barely anything. My TKO is over 2 years old and plenty of miles. Its NEVER gotten worse, so, im just not worried about it. No problems with it.

 

[Mike92GT]

Have you tried adjusting your clutch? You might want to try changing the fluid as well. The fluid tends to get a lot of metal in it during break-in

 

[Beasly B]

I have my clutch so that it's at the top of the pedal, I have had the fluid to change it with but I havent done it yet because if I need to pull it out I don't want to waste the $35 bucks in fluid if it won't help.Maybe Ill call DD performance and see what they say.

 

[Mendez33]

Yeah, you should call D&D. I'm sure they could help you diagnose the problem, but if it was me I would start by changing out the fluid first.

 

[Beasly B]

just talked to DD they said it's the syncronizer rings, they are about 18 bucks a piece, which isn't bad but it's the point of pulling out a new transmission and tearing it down. I bet next time I'll break it in right. They said the break in is very critical