Help: grinding gears / noise

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    I have an '03 bugeye with about 80k miles on it. I notice recently that when I go from a dead stop into 1st gear, it makes a grinding noise like the shifter is hitting the gears when you shift. This only happens when I go into 1st. And yes, I am going from a complete stop to 1st gear. Anyone know what this can be? Do I need to replace my clutch or something....
     
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    check tranny/front diff oil, might be low since your only 10k from needing to swap it out
     
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    worn 1st gear syncro. try a quick bump into second the to first. this should stop the gears from free wheeling. or replace the syncro
     
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    That heppens to my tranny too some times. Like once or twice a week. Is that a big deal?i wonder if it will get worse overtime?
     
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    I'm not so sure but I think mine kinda does something similar. I just slightly release the clutch then it goes in 1st gear smoothly but there's no grinding for mine. Its just hard to put in 1st. If i force it(when its still hard) I will here the grind. Its either I release the clutch slightly or rev the engine a little bit to put it in 1st gear(only sometimes).

    oh and by the way somebody mine telling me whats SYNCRO? all i noe is something with the gears.
     
    ej20, Sep 4, 2007
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