qikslvr Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 I'm a little over 50K miles now and it's still kicking after about 2K miles. I'm still looking for replacement gears. I've seen the lists, but I'm still having a hard time deciding what to go with. Hopefully I'll make up my mind soon:lol:. Let's kick this pig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collegemt Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 I am having the same problem as you. Whinning in first gear only clutch in or out. The sound is more noticable while decelerating in first. I am taking it to the dealer next week to see if I can get it covered under warranty. 2008 LGT 10K miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qikslvr Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 Just make sure they don't know you are at Stage2. Some dealerships are real a-holes about modding while under warranty and will try to deny coverage. Mine is noisy with the clutch in or out while rolling in 1st, but it's perfectly quiet in neutral or any other gear. Let's kick this pig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 qikslvr I don't think it will fail or at least anytime soon. My old man who has seen his fare share of car problems in his lifetime [he was a rally driver and co-pilot when he was our age] said as long as you got the debris out and everything else is where it should be, you ought to be alright. Of course, we assume no responsibility He taught me how to shift in and out of gears without clutching when we were driving with a busted tranny that only had 1st and 4th gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qikslvr Posted September 20, 2008 Author Share Posted September 20, 2008 I've flushed it twice and got a little metal out, but not as much as I was expecting. I think more metal came out of the rear differential the first time I changed it than what came out of the tranny. I'm sure it will hold as long as I want it too. I'm also sure that one or two good launches at the track would finish it off. Let's kick this pig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collegemt Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 SO I took my car to the dealer regarding my transmission whine in first. They said it is the Viscous coupler (not sure what that is). Warranty only will cover half due to my exhaust modifications (BS), so its gonna cost me $500. I will get the car back on monday, hopefully it will be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aczwild Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 UM tell them to **** off, your exhaust mods are not a cause for the failure, you shouldnt have to pay for half JDM'd All to hell Thanks Jimmy @ Hkc-Speed.com! RIP Coxx & Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collegemt Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 I wrote a email to SOA, I am gonna try and get the whole thing covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qikslvr Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Just passed 60K miles and she's still groaning away. So that's 12K+ miles and holding:lol:. I may have to take it to the track once the 20g is on and just put it out of it's misery. Let's kick this pig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collegemt Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 You might as well. I got mine fixed since it is my wifes daily driver. I bet it will hold, unless you really beat on her. When the dealer took mine apart they didn't notice any obvious damage, it just looked like 1st gear was a minorly scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeleodee Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 Just passed 60K miles and she's still groaning away. So that's 12K+ miles and holding:lol:. I may have to take it to the track once the 20g is on and just put it out of it's misery. I wanna be there for that. I like seeing cars break as long as thy are not mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTuner Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I'd fix it first or you may need more than 1st gear when/if it fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAC5.2 Posted March 22, 2009 Share Posted March 22, 2009 I'd fix it first or you may need more than 1st gear when/if it fails. QFT. I see Subaru transmission failures daily. I'm surprised yours has lasted as long as it has... [URL="http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/proper-flip-key-interesti-159894.html"]Flip Key Development Thread[/URL] "Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped." - E. Hubbard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTuner Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 You've seen me launch? I have 70,500 miles, running damn close to 300whp with 100+ quarter mile and 0-60 runs. I think it would have launched by now. I must have a good one. I hope this doesn't jinx me now:redface:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbone Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 qikslvr, as much as I'd like to perhaps see that either in person or on tape, it might end up as a more catastrophic and spectacular failure as we'd expect, taking other parts with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qikslvr Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 Oh don't worry, I will take it to the track at least once before I get it re-built or replaced. I won't try to blast off from 4500K RPMs or anything, but I will run it out a couple times just to see how it does. I now know what went wrong last time and it won't happen again;). Let's kick this pig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qikslvr Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 So I guess I should finish this story... I continued to drive my car on this tranny until the day I traded it in for a F150 on 12/09/09. The funny thing is that the sales manager thought he would use it for his demo car for a while before they sold it. It only took him a week to completely smoke the clutch and grenade the tranny. So they ended up putting a new clutch and transmission in it before they could sell it. Whoever bought it still got a great deal as it was then a super clean stg2+ LGT with a new clutch and tranny. Let's kick this pig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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