Crunching Second

Hey fellow mk3ers :)

On a cruise today was driving and everything was sweet, sun was shining fantastic....Come to a set of lights, took off from the lights and got to red line in first and then as I went to second it crunched HUH WTF @(#U@#(

I didn't think much of it as I wasn't sure. Did it again a few times , after that. This is going from first to second it crunches, I also took the second gear to just over 6000rpms and switched to 3rd and that was fine, as the other gears also!

What I couldn't get was I could take it to 5000rpms and it would not crunch from first to second but if I took it higher it was crunching not sure what it could be, can anyone help me!

What can be wrong I ask or your knowledge fellow vdubbers!!!

SYNCROS!!!

sayy bye bye second gear syncro ring. The most common of all gearbox issues.

Sadly, if it's the syncro's, it looks like it's time for a rebuild. I was looking at buying a VR6 with this problem and was quoted around the $2k mark to fully rebuilt the gearbox including labour and a new clutch.

Start shaking that money tree again Steve!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

Pretty normal having a 1-2 crunch on the Vr.

Has the trans oil ever been changed? This can help out. Use Castrol syntrax or similar. Is expensive but can help.

Linkages or Engine Mounts?

I don't think that its the engine mount, but then again I am not sure!

The box is still good with the rest of the gears don't think that I will need a rebuild:?

yeah if it does it when you are driving hard. The engine/gearbox rocks and that makes 2nd gear crunch. I used to have this problem until i upgraded the engine mounts. Magically it disappeared

It possibly could be I don't know what it might be:?

Wahhh, how much would it cost to get 2nd gear fixed?

That's odd - I wouldn't think engine mounts would fix something internal to a gearbox!