E46 M3 6spd Crunchy second

[Nico5spd]

ive driven 2 now, (with over 10K miles) and both of them grind second when you bang it from redline in first.


just wondering if any of you guys have noticed this..
only second. the trans is flawless in all other fast upshifts


oh it only crunches on the reline upshift too.. downshifts are fine.

maybe its normal

kinda disapointing though, i want to get that tranny for my 325, now im having second thoughts

[M3PiNoYdRiVeR]

Originally posted by Nico5spd
ive driven 2 now, (with over 10K miles) and both of them grind second when you bang it from redline in first.


just wondering if any of you guys have noticed this..
only second. the trans is flawless in all other fast upshifts


oh it only crunches on the reline upshift too.. downshifts are fine.

maybe its normal

kinda disapointing though, i want to get that tranny for my 325, now im having second thoughts

OMG I thought I was the only one that got this. I only get it sometimes when I slam it into 2nd. I didn't know that it was grinding.

[ex95M3boi]

Interesting... I dont have such an issue... will pay more attention, perhaps.

[Nico5spd]

im kind of disapointed.. such a trade mark trans..

its probally normal
first and secondg ear are tripple syncronized.. alot of stuffs happing in there, alot of stuff has to line up

it never does it on the DOWNshift though, only redline upshifts from first..

i just noticed it. thought id ask

[m3mark]

I have read online that the e36 trans is not as smooth but stronger then the e46. Maybe this is true????? Can someone confirm?????

[M3PiNoYdRiVeR]

Originally posted by ex95M3boi
Interesting... I dont have such an issue... will pay more attention, perhaps.

Its not for long its just when u put it in it grinds for like a tenth of a sec.

[Nico5spd]

ya exactly. its just a little "crunchy" =)



the old E36 european 6spd is the same tranny as the new E46 6spd (at least the actual gear cluster itself is the same, the bell housing might be different but i seriously doubt it) tommoro ill check part numbers to see if theyre exact

[CruizinKO]

You guys need to learn how to drive, hahaha, jk I've shifted from redline to 2nd quite a few times and it never "crunches" or grinds... dunno what you guys are doing =P

[Nico5spd]

maybe you arnt banging it hard enough hehe

you really have to slam it. not just a regular upshift.. like an abusive drag strip style one

and its only done it 2 thati know

so yours might be fine

[flipm3]

my dad was complaining that the shifts arent smooth, and he said that for his taste the throws are too long. I told him why dont we just get a short shift kit. he was like how much i was like UUC has one for 220 and Rogue Engineering has one for 260. My friend told me the Rogue is a lot smoother, which one do u guys recommend??????

[M3PiNoYdRiVeR]

Originally posted by Nico5spd
maybe you arnt banging it hard enough hehe

you really have to slam it. not just a regular upshift.. like an abusive drag strip style one

and its only done it 2 thati know

so yours might be fine

Yea you have to slam it in kenny. It doesn't happen like everytime I do it only sometimes. It only happens in 2nd gear only.

[CruizinKO]

I do slam it in... this is when I launch or race. I chirp 2nd and sometimes 3rd... it feels pretty okay to be. I do admit the car is pretty hard to drive smoothly, especially shifting from 1st to 2nd. But I never get a crunch or grind

[TC M3]

The secret is to get used to the car. I used get it in the first 300 miles but never more