Michael Pardee

"Dr Nick" <Drnick5@***.net> wrote in message
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> well my orignal post wasn't ment to spark this debate if you should be
> shifting to 1st geat at certian times, I USUALLY use 2nd gear anytime I'm
> moving, but there are times I'm slowing down (comming to a stop at a red
> light) just about to stop and the light goes green, being that I'm at like
> 1-3 mph I'd want to be in 1st gear as not to lug the engine, but sometiems
> it gets stuck going into first. am I being told that this is "supposed" to
> happen? seems like a design flaw to me....
>
> -Nick
>
Maybe a design 'limitation'. When I was a carefree bachelor I had a Lotus
Europa, the earlier version with the Renault 16 engine and transaxle. I used
to marvel at how easily it shifted into first and second gear, up or down...
then I found the first and second gear synchros were conical instead of ring
shaped. They sure worked well, but I never got a handle on how they actually
did their thing.

Mike

jim beam

Michael Pardee wrote:
> "Dr Nick" <Drnick5@***.net> wrote in message
> news:gPFwf.40092$9G.37095@dukeread10...
>
>>well my orignal post wasn't ment to spark this debate if you should be
>>shifting to 1st geat at certian times, I USUALLY use 2nd gear anytime I'm
>>moving, but there are times I'm slowing down (comming to a stop at a red
>>light) just about to stop and the light goes green, being that I'm at like
>>1-3 mph I'd want to be in 1st gear as not to lug the engine, but sometiems
>>it gets stuck going into first. am I being told that this is "supposed" to
>>happen? seems like a design flaw to me....
>>
>>-Nick
>>
>
> Maybe a design 'limitation'. When I was a carefree bachelor I had a Lotus
> Europa, the earlier version with the Renault 16 engine and transaxle. I used
> to marvel at how easily it shifted into first and second gear, up or down...
> then I found the first and second gear synchros were conical instead of ring
> shaped. They sure worked well, but I never got a handle on how they actually
> did their thing.
>
> Mike
>
>
most synchros today are conical - it's a cone clutch [i saw some old ww1
ambulances with leather cone clutches instead of the flat dry plate we
all know today. dead fierce apparently]. the ring type is the porsche
system. also very effective, but less abuse tolerant. good for racing
though as you can jam it into place - the cone type you have to wait for
it to do its thing, but idiot proof. a light flywheel speeds the
process up, which is probably what you had on the lotus.

Bucky

Grahame wrote:
> Take it back to the dealer and explain the problem to them. I have owned 2
> Accords and a Prelude all with 5 speeds and never had a problem like this
> even after thousands of miles.

The question for the OP is, have you always had this problem with this
car? Or did it change after driving 1000 miles? If the problem only
arose after driving it 1000 miles, then it might be a real problem. But
if it has always been like that, even exchanging for a new car won't
help.

Kee Leong Tan

Is your accord a 2.0, 2.4, or 3.0 V6?

"Nick Vital" <drnick5@***.net> wrote in message
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>I have an 06 accord 5 speed manual (4 cyl) and I'm having some problems
> getting into first on occasion (usually when going to a stop, I'll put it
> in
> first at the light or whatnot) it just seems mroe difficult that it should
> be (and yes the clutch is all the way down) the car only has 1,000 miles
> on
> it, I'm just wondering if anyone is having problems with this, could it be
> a
> damaged syncro (already?) or is it something else? thanks
>
> -Nick
>
>

Kee Leong Tan

sorry if it's a dumb question, but I know 2 chaps, and both 3.0 and 2.4 have
the similar problem, except for the 2.0.

"Kee Leong Tan" <Kee.Leong.Tan@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is your accord a 2.0, 2.4, or 3.0 V6?
>
> "Nick Vital" <drnick5@***.net> wrote in message
> news:qpvwf.51725$ih5.23709@dukeread11...
>>I have an 06 accord 5 speed manual (4 cyl) and I'm having some problems
>> getting into first on occasion (usually when going to a stop, I'll put it
>> in
>> first at the light or whatnot) it just seems mroe difficult that it
>> should
>> be (and yes the clutch is all the way down) the car only has 1,000 miles
>> on
>> it, I'm just wondering if anyone is having problems with this, could it
>> be a
>> damaged syncro (already?) or is it something else? thanks
>>
>> -Nick
>>
>>
>
>

Dr Nick

"Kee Leong Tan" <Kee.Leong.Tan@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is your accord a 2.0, 2.4, or 3.0 V6?
>

it's an I4 2.4 engine