Shifting weird, explain gear lube plz!

[Kracka]

I agree with Peter, get a gallon of GL-4 for like $5 at Checker and just see what happens. If the noise goes away and shifting gets better, great...when you drain it and put Redline in the tranny will be that much more particle-free.

[john]

My winter beater is running fine on the Valvoline shit at bumper-to-bumper.

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

What weight to i need? I can do that I guess. Seems more practical. Clean it out, and so from there. Ive asked a few times and I still don't know what is the proper weight for my tranny and this time of year.

[JET]

75-90w and it needs to be GL-4 compliant. GL-5 is bad, mmmmkay?

[TGPilot]

How come no-one mentioned GM Synchromesh?

[TheBlizzard]

There are so many fluids that people didn't mention. And the truth behind it is that it doesn't matter what you tell people to use, it will still be hit or miss whether it works in their car or not. Some people like certain fluid and they usually stick with it. I don't think all DSM's like the same fluid, it has to do with how worn the tranny is already. Fluids that people swear by in their car might not work worth a shit in someone elses.

But if you want the king shit of fluids, I am pretty sure NEO is the way to go if you don't mind spending $80 a gallon.

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

SHIT, my car is barely worth 80$ lol. I might invest in a decent tranny and start from there. I'm going to find some gear lube cheap style, and see if that helps any. I figure if there are loose particles from the incident with locking gears, flushing it out might help some. If that helps, I will go with a synthetic gear lube. If it does not help, I will start shopping for a transmission. Thanks for the advise guys.

[Raptor]

GM Syncromesh is way to thin to run in the DSM Tranny. I know there are people that do, I have, shortly followed by a destroyed tranny. Every case I know where it has been used has ended in failure. Neo is said to be decent, a bit overpriced but it has a good rep. It does however come down to opinion. Redline is excellent fluid with an amazing rep, I would have to see some proof that Neo was better to justify spending that kind of money. Proof in the form of 3rd party studies. Just a couple well knowns using it isn't proof IMO.

[JET]

I have now used BG I & II, Redline, Royal Purple, Neo, GM Synchromesh and the cheap crap. Neo is hands down the best as far as good shifting, followed a ways back by the redline and BG II. Royal Purple feels a bit notchy and the GM sucked, you could tell it was way too thin.

I would go with Neo if I had a very good tranny, then Redline or BG II if it was just a decent tranny. YMMV