Mishifting=Grinding?

[aqwkmf]

toady i was shifting from 2nd to 3rd and i think i went to fifth by accident. It made a loud grind so i poped it to N and tried again and it did it again. the thing is i had the clutch in the whole time....how could it grind? did i jam the shifter up between to gears or something? it doesnt seem like the clutch is slipping either.

[whateverjames]

possibly a bad master cyl.   or air in the lines. that's what i was always told.   either that or bad syncros.

[aqwkmf]

this has never happened before and hasnt happened again yet so i doubt its the syncros...

[Tuck&Poke]

you probably beat the syncros to matching the speeds of the driveshaft and the engine, no biggie as long as you dont do it too often.

[aqwkmf]

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wow....ok...well the only other times this happend was when i was learning to drive stick...i went from 3rd to partial reverse once and one time i didnt have the clutch all the way in shifting into 3rd. havent screwed up since. it really freaks me out when wierd shit happens....like ill hear a no big deal noise and be likr wtf...but tranny grinding...that is a big deal to me <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>

[transient]

don't worry about it, you just got shit spinning too fast for the gears to mesh so it makes a grinding noise. If you wait for the engine to slow down you can easily get it into gear again.