When your shifting gears your not actually going gear to gear like 1 to 2 , 2 to 3 etc. Your actually going 1 to neutral to 2, 2 to neutral to 3, etc.
You can try pausing briefly in neutral before shifting into 2. But usually the detents are so light you just go 1 to 2. For 2 to 3 you end up moving the shifter over so there is usually enough time in neutral.
With older truck manual transmissions you had to yank the shifter hard or hammer the shifter into neutral then into the next gear because the detents were so heavy.
The synchros have to do more work in the lower gears to match the shaft speeds. 3rd to 4th or 4 to 5th gear 1:1 are probably the easiest.
Don't let off the clutch slowly , just release it smoothly and fully then get on the gas.
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Originally Posted by Heero
Question:
How do I smooth out my shifts from 1st to 2nd? I duno what it is about this car but I can't make the shift smoothly unless I let off the clutch very slowly.
2nd to 3rd sometimes also gives me this problem - all other gears seem fine.
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