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Originally Posted by CTScott
The 07 MT Yaris that I recently converted from MT to AT had bad synchros and it only had 70,000 on it. Granted it had been autocrossed and had a turbo on it for a while, but if you poke around on here you will see quite a few mentions of synchos wearing in under 100K. On non abused ones I am sure they would last 500K or more, but unless you know the history of the car, you never know what its been through.
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Fascinating, CTScott, fascinating. My Yaris used to 'clunk' (not horribly, but it did 'clunk') into reverse. IIRC, it also did so into 1 or more forward gears (but not positive on this). At about 207k-208k miles I bought some boots and one of the heels wore a hole completely through the floor mat that came with the car. I removed the floor mat, thinking I would buy a replacement. However, after that the 'clunking' disappeared. I decided against replacing the mat. The mat had been affixed to those 'floor hooks' the entire time, but my heels digging in still represented a significant tug. Given that the 'clunk' never returned, I thought the position of the mat MIGHT have been preventing the clutch from engaging completely. I've attempted to 'baby' my shifting during the whole life of the car. Could (not did...as there is no way to know for sure) the above scenario (even with careful shifting) cause the synchros to wear prematurely?
P.S. Can worn synchros (lets say OEM, on the car since new/since assembly) effect the life of a new replacement clutch ?
03-04-2014, 03:16 PM
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