Manual tranny shift gates....

[kriskulseth]

I am looking at buying a new tC and had a quick questions for those owners... I went to the dealer and took a look at a new one and although I didn't drive it I was sitting in it and went through the gears once to see how the shifter felt. It felt very gated and precise which I really liked. My problem is that I just test drove a used `05 with about 26,000 miles on it and the shifter felt a lot less gated and sloppier. The question I have is does the shifter progressively get sloppier after time or was that just the result of someones hard driving. The clutch on the used on felt very spongy as well so thats what made me think it could have been the result of someones redline drops and full throttle power shifts. I just don't want it to get worse and worse if I get a new one.

[navylife59]

The shift feel on my tC is about the same as new. Just change the gear oil and it seemed to firm it back up a lil. Tha would mean that over time the gear oil breaks down and looses viscosity, hence, why my OEM fluid had the consistency of new power steering fluid. I loaded up 2.6 quarts of Royal Purle Syn 75W-90 so it will seam firmer in shifting between the gears.

The oem clutch is spongy. Let it off too quick without playing it out as you increase throttle will be rewarded with that bounce. It happens on down shifting as well. This caused by the spring rates on the clutch not being to stiff and the clutch being hydraulic actuated. You can try replacing the line with a SS braided cable and/or just bleeding the line. New, stiffer clutch will help the most.