have dealer do it?

Originally posted by HndaTch627
no offense, but nothing short of a new shifter linkage is going to make yours accords shifter feel any better. YOu need to be more concerned with the bearings and synchros. REdline doens't work in subaru trans, definitely won't work well in your trans. hmm35k with redline, change the honda stuff every 30k and you'll be seeing 150k and no problems in the trans.

None taken. Please define "won't work well." My one friend with the Lude loves it, much smoother shifting he claims. He's been using Redline for quite some time now, used it in his Civic when he AutoX'd it back in the day (late 80's Civic).

If a new shifter linkage is the only way to make my shifting feel any better, why do so many people claim the Redline MTL made their shifts feel much smoother and took out notchiness, especially in cold weather?

I'm not trying to be at all argumentative about it, it's just that I've read quite a few positive reviews around the web from people using it on Hondas. No I haven't searched the Civic forum, because I don't own a Civic....so I don't frequent the Civic section. But I'll go check it out now. I've seen 1 negative review on the web where a guy claimed it'll promote syncro wear.

I'm not sure if you are/were a Tech for Honda (from your name).....but in case you are or were or just know the answer anyways, perhaps you can riddle me a little of this.

My transmission is very inconsistent. As a general rule, it's smoother when it's hotter, but that's not always the case. I can go a whole day or a whole week where every shift is super smooth. I can go a whole day or a whole week where every shift is stiff, notchy, and almost feels grindy (but not really grindy and no noise). Sometimes I can go from 1 shift to the next where it changes, or 1 light to the next where it changes. Sometimes the gear feels "grippy" leaving 1st or 5th, other times it just slides right out as if it wants to go to neutral position. There's 2 simple answers I have. 1 is that the oil isn't doing it's job, 2 is that the tranny is fubar.

Now for #2 I've had 2 different dealerships take it out for a spin and they claim it feels like any other Accord tranny to them. Of course, it always feels normal when a tech looks at it, and it can be difficult to notice little differences when you don't drive it daily. For #1, I got the car with 8k on it. Of course I have no clue what the previous owner did to the tranny.....but if I were to assume that it were treated well, then I'd say 8k is real quick for tranny oil to go bad. I could also assume the worst......there's 22,8k on it right now.

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