[FatKidsCruze]

Clutch may not be fully disengaged when you're shifting. Although its possible there is a defect.
I know I have grinded mine once or twice, my hand moved quicker than my foot lol.

 

[Aeroscout977]

Try shifting a little lower in the RPM range. I'm just taking a wild guess but I imagine you're shifting at redline?

 

[TravsCruze]

i've grabbed a grind a couple times when i'm hustling the car and only 1st --> 2nd.

hustling = RPM's in the 5-6k range

EDIT: its rare but it has happened a couple times.. i agree with FatKidsCruze. My hand was a touch faster than my foot.

 

[FatKidsCruze]

Ive taken mine to redline and no grind, in my experience, grabbing the shifter just a tad too soon has caused the grind in many a cars.

 

[SlowBoost]

Try shifting a little lower in the RPM range. I'm just taking a wild guess but I imagine you're shifting at redline?

It happened yesterday shifting right at 5k.

In the old car I had a 2-3 synchro out and it was behaving just like this. You guys may be right, though and I may just be too fast for the car. Rallycrossing I was always hard into 2nd from 1st and fast and right at 6700 (just at rev limit), but never had any problems. Perhaps this is another "getting used to the car" thing.

 

[NBrehm]

Could be a bad synchro but more than likely you are shifting faster than the stock clutch will disengage. Try delaying the shift a little more after you push the clutch and see if it still does it.

 

[jsscooby]

It happens to me too when doing quick shifts at high rpm. What I have noticed on the fault of myself, is I am not fully depressing the clutch pedal. Unfortunately it is not like my old car, which didn't mind quick high rpm shifts.

 

[ManthaBurner]

My experience has been the same as most. Just real high rpms and pulled the stick faster than my foot can throw the clutch in. I assume everybody else's grinding has been just a fraction of a second like me right? May end poorly if it was much longer lol

 

[eljackso]

Same here on my Eco; light grinding from 1-2 when I shift quickly above 4500 rpm... it did it pretty badly a few weeks ago when I shifted a bit above 5000. I will say the 1-2-3 shifts have been notchy since ~1200 miles, took it to dealership to see if clutch linkage needed adjusting, they said normal. With that being their response, if it breaks it breaks and they can figure it out after the fact - I'm not going to baby this thing...

 

[Xlr8machineshop]

I with you on this one brother thats what the warranty is for experienced the same thing in my Eco

 

[sciphi]

Yep, my transmission's pretty notchy too. Sometimes it goes into gear just fine, other times it doesn't want to go into 4th and a double-clutch is needed. It also doesn't always enjoy getting shifted going uphill. The dealers around me have no other manual Cruzes to compare to, so they aren't doing anything about it now.

It's got 5 years and 100,032 miles to break, so if it gets worse they can deal with it.

I wonder if new MTF would solve any problems. Changing the MTF worked wonders in my old Hyundai's manual transmission.

 

[Aeroscout977]

It happens to me too when doing quick shifts at high rpm. What I have noticed on the fault of myself, is I am not fully depressing the clutch pedal. Unfortunately it is not like my old car, which didn't mind quick high rpm shifts.

No lift shift is nice isn't it? =P

 

[TravsCruze]

No lift shift is nice isn't it? =P

how do you think i cranked out that quick arse 1000' time. I flat shifted my way into that low 15 equivalent :th_coolio:

 

[Quazar]

i've grabbed a grind a couple times when i'm hustling the car and only 1st --> 2nd.

hustling = RPM's in the 5-6k range

EDIT: its rare but it has happened a couple times.. i agree with FatKidsCruze. My hand was a touch faster than my foot.

Same thing here, same reason, in my case my foot was slower than my hand though. ccasion14:

 

[NBrehm]

I'd be willing to bet this is the factory hydraulics not being able to keep up with the driver. It has been common in many GM applications as of late.

 

[gfxdave99]

I have had it happen to me a few times, and its always been 2nd gear...

1. WOT 1st gear
2. Clutch in and shift
3. As the gear selected goes into 2nd i hear the slight grind as my foot is still fully depressed on the clutch.

 

[TravsCruze]

i think we have a running theme here...

 

[SlowBoost]

I'd guess the running theme is the car. VVV

I'd be willing to bet this is the factory hydraulics not being able to keep up with the driver. It has been common in many GM applications as of late.

 

[ManthaBurner]

I'd guess the running theme is the car. VVV

You know that could be a possibility, or it is just that we are just as good as semi-automatic F1 transmissions and just too fast for our own good.... just saying.