Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - Downshifting to 2nd or 1st while moving (technique)

gsxr750 · 04-11-2013, 05:20 PM

Most of the shifting problems develop once there is wear or damage to the syncro rings.

I had a 98 Nissan Hardbody truck that was real easy to shift thru all the gears when new, but as it approached 100k miles you couldn't get the truck into 1st gear unless you were doing about idle or 5 mph.

Immediately after selling it I compared it to my new 2000 frontier and the new truck would go into 1st no matter what speed you were doing.

On the new truck decided to take it a lot easier on the tranny and not always down shift unless it was really necessary .

Also Mobile 1 synthetic tranny oil made it shift a lot smoother, the racing royal purple could help if you have problems.

04-11-2013, 05:20 PM	#71 (permalink)
gsxr750 Enthusiast Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: west Posts: 443 Drives: 2012 370z man. sport Rep Power: 13	Most of the shifting problems develop once there is wear or damage to the syncro rings. I had a 98 Nissan Hardbody truck that was real easy to shift thru all the gears when new, but as it approached 100k miles you couldn't get the truck into 1st gear unless you were doing about idle or 5 mph. Immediately after selling it I compared it to my new 2000 frontier and the new truck would go into 1st no matter what speed you were doing. On the new truck decided to take it a lot easier on the tranny and not always down shift unless it was really necessary . Also Mobile 1 synthetic tranny oil made it shift a lot smoother, the racing royal purple could help if you have problems. Last edited by gsxr750; 04-11-2013 at 05:24 PM.