Tigerfootball, If you think there is something wrong or loose then you should go wih your gut and investigate. from what you have written there is more then just bearing chatter going on here. even if it was a throughout or pilot bearing,, you would have it in all gears from the start and not getting worse to include all gears. your 8 has a longer warranty for the drive train, you may still be covered. and dealers love to swap out trannies under that warranty so it might not even cost you anything but time. bottom line, get it chacked out sooner then later.

 

I will get it investigated as soon as possible. My only problem is that I have 102,000 miles so I am well out of warranty. I may take it by a local transmission shop to them look at it. In the meantime though, I am going to change my tranny fluid from Royal Purple to Red Line and see if that alleviates any of the (hopefully non)-problem.

 

HI everyone im new to the forum but i have this problem that my second gear grinds at high rpm shift up or regular down shifts.... i know it has to be a syncro or something like it but... i took the time (like 5 mins) and emailed Mazda about this issue... If enough people do the same they might recall the transmissions on all our cars and we get new ones!!!! EMail them and tell them you have this problem suggest they do a recall and its gets sent to the admins at Mazda... MY car is is an 04 with less than 32000 miles on it (out of warranty) im sad that i cant drive the way it meant to be driven cuz of a little problem with a big price tag

 

i agree 100% i've been having the same problem...where do i go to send them an email...put up a link to the site or pm it to me

 

I agree as well I don't really have any issues with 2nd unless I am redline shifting but my 5th gear will grind even if I baby it. What's the link to email them.

 

MazdaCustomerAssistance@mazdausa.com
this is the email for mazda sorry for the delay ive been pretty busy... i got my tranny fixed using a fidelity extended warranty but i still think we should get the recall

 

this one will trip you guys out. my brand new 09 R3 grinds second gear.

 

if u have any synchro problems at all and ur still under warranty take the car in and do urself the favor i just had mine replaced less then 2 days ago because i thought the synchro would chill out but it only gets worse... dont deal with it..... fix it or u will regret it later and try to use redline gear oil

 

yeah i took it in immediately. that's bullshit though, what kind of QC is mazda running? my car had less than 10 miles when i took it off the lot and it was a 'non-test drive vehicle'

 

I have an 05 rx8 and it will grind going into second if im at a higher rpm than 6000 as well....sometimes it will even grind at a low rpm shift. 4th gear has been acting up the same for me too. The mechanic at the dealership in chicago said he thinks its the clutch, but i just had that replaced a month ago and this has been going on for about 5 months. It really takes the fun out of driving when you get that annoying crunch everytime you shift.

 

Ditto: 5th gear grind while under load Up or down shifting

 

My '09 with 600 miles on it "clunks" into 2nd gear. Typically clunks from neutral at a light into 1st, and then clunks again from 1st to 2nd. Also when downshifting into 2nd it makes a rumbling noise when the clutch is fully depressed and try to put it into 2nd. It always goes into 2nd, but clunks on the upshift and rumbles on the downshift (again with clutch fully engaged on ds). Is that normal? Is that a sign of grinding to come and thus bad sychros or new tranny?

 

^ im really sorry to hear that... the only i can personally tell u is that if it doesnt feel right get it fixed... tell ur dealer that ur tranny doesnt feel right describe everything in detail and have them take a look the car is under warranty so u have nothing to lose

 

My '09 is doing the exact same rumbling downshifting into second, unless you rev-match the gear. I'm hoping it just needs breaking in and it'll go away, like maybe the syncro is breaking in...if that even happens. I remember my Mazda3 shifted better at 49,000 then it did it's whole life. I traded it in to get the RX8.

As far as shifting to 2nd while accelerating...does it do it always, or only when cold? Mine is only when cold. And less of a clunk, and more like a slight grind, like I'm not pushing the clutch all the way down, but I am. Again, I'm writing this off has the tranny still breaking in. I'm at 1,800 miles, 2 months of ownership. My Mazda3 would be a rough shifter when cold as well, but not as bad as this 8.

ps....why don't the 2009/SII's have a separate tranny thread/sticky since the transmission is totally different?

 

I had this problem when I bought my car new. It went away, after a long time of not redlining and shifting. Maybe it was the shortshifter and the gear oil change.

 

What about if i fell a little blockade when i shift on every gear? It could be the clutch pedal or just the oil in the transmission? I don't hear any noises from transmission.

04 MT
37000 miles.

 

My car had the same issue..i adjusted the clutch pedal and it went away.. a buddy of mine has the same issues.. i adjusted the clutch pedal and it went away. =]

 

Dont know if this is a repost.. but just thought i share

So changed All the oil in the car last night.. finally got rid of the nasty grind downshifting into second.. it goes in nice and smooth now..

 

scratch that, had a question but answered it...

 

Hi everyone from Paris, France,

I have a question : since few month, i hear a noise coming from the transmission (gearbox, lsd or whatever ?).

the noise is ONLY heard when i stop accelerating the car, even if i have a gear engaged, or at no gear, or at pushing clutch pedal, it make the noise anyway.

like a sort "wooooooo" noise.

whenever i accelerate again the noise dissapears.

i was thinking of the LSD since i do track days and sometime i "shift lock" when i brake and downshift because i'm not good enough at braking and giving a little throttle at each downshift (how do you call that in english ?).

any thougts of people having to change their LSD or something else after too much track agressive driving ?

thanks alot and sorry for my bad technical english.

 

Tsar,

Sounds like you need to change your fluid, the other term your looking for is "heel/toe" technique. Its in the initial D series cartoons.

Good Luck.

P.S. Your english is better then most americans in high school.

 

I have changed the fluid just last year : Motul Gear 300V .

I brought my car to my mazda dealer so first thing they will do is indeed change fluid and see if there is any metal little stuff in the old one.

Too bad for me i didn't order the Motul fluid so they will put me the OEM Mazda oil.

I'll keep you informed what they might have found.

(thanks for the heel/toe technique , i almost know how to do it but i'm so agressive on track i don't lose a single second learning it properly .

 

I think I have a problem with the throw out bearing. The sound occurs when I have the clutch disengaged and it in gear or in neutral. When the clutch is engaged there is no sound. Im not sure how to describe the sound, but I believe its unwanted. My car is an 04 6spd with 39k miles. Build date 9/03 Has anyone had throw out bearing problems?

 

it sounds like pilot bearing.just replace that and that will be it oh and also pilot bering seal pilot bering part #11-D030-N326
pilot bering seal part#11-404A-1881
total will cast about 12$ for parts and good shop should charge you about 200$ labor.
and if it get,s bad then you will need to by new clutch. so
that,s what i think

 

Ive got HighPerformance drivelines next session for class. Ill probably look at it then or just replace it.