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Originally Posted by strat61caster
Depends on what the problem is.
Lots and lots of complaints about a rough transmission and it will be next to impossible to assess over the internet, no video or data log will show a problem (unless there is a terrible noise) so objectively speaking all people can do is assume either you are exaggerating or the transmission is totally broken, there is not much in between when it comes to transmissions.
If it's subjective (I mean your transmission is not broken), you shift style can greatly change how it feels, smooth deliberate shifting action while nailing the timing relating the appropriate flywheel rpm to transmission rpm will make this transmission feel like a freshly zambonied ice rink. Being sloppy will reward you with resistance, jerkiness and strange noises.
There's also a matter of perspective, what was your prior MT experience? A FWD car will have a cable actuated gear lever that will eliminate a lot of feedback from the transmission, whearas the 86's gear lever is rigidly attached to the transmission. In other words the roughness of the 86's transmission is amplified and may have existed in your last car but was numbed by the design.
My advice to transmission roughness complaints is to play with your technique and put some miles on the car, I'm at 40k miles and everything is smoother than it was at 20k or 6 miles. And sometimes even now when I'm out of sync the transmission will kick me in the face with a nice big "chunk".
Some people swear by changing the transmission fluid to Motul or Pentosin (although Pentosin seems to have garnered less followers recently), after switching to Motul at 30k I did feel (note: feel, not strongly objectively observe, it could be entirely placebo) that the transmission was smoother, but not smooth enough to try and convert everyone. I felt the improvement solely due to driving the car and adjusting to it as well as breaking it in was much greater.
Just my 2 cents.
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My son in law jumps in mine and try's to bully the shifter around like he does in his Mazda while complaining every minute about how bad it is and that it fights every shift (he attended the Vin Diesel school of shifting I think). He then rides and watches in awe as I gently push or pull it into every gear with the tips of my fingers or palm of my hand.
No matter how many times I tell him to do it right as soon as he is back in the seat he starts trying to force his will upon it and loses the battle. If he were on here he would probably be screaming about the "crappy" trannys they used.