Sportrak 3 gear woes

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Hi Everyone

I own and love my 1995 Sporty ELXi. However I find it realy annoying that you cant realy get it into 3rd gear with any sort of refinment bolow 2000 rpm. Its not a real problem I was just wondering if it was common. If you try to accelerate hard in 3rd under 2000 rpm the transmission sounds like its gonna fall out. Is this just a foible of the overall gearing of the thing or a gearbox prob?

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Dave Wharton

GEARBOX PROBLEMS

I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH MY 92 SPORTY, BUT MINE WAS NOISEY IN EVERY GEAR WHICH RESULTED IN A GEARBOX OVERHAUL, IT WAS DUE TO 2 BEARINGS WORN OUT LUCKILY I BOUGHT IT FROM A DEALER AND MADE SURE I HAD A FULL WARRANTY THROWN IN BUT IT COST THE UNDERWRITERS £549+VAT TO PUT RIGHT SORRY I COULDN'T BE A LITTLE MORE POSITIVE MATEY.....DEAN

3rd gear

Hi Dave,

I think its just the gear ratio's in the sportrak. Mines the same. There's a big jump from 2nd to 3rd gear, and its noticable if you're accelerating quickly because you keep high revs in 1st and 2nd but once you hit 3rd it takes a while to build them back up!

Mine makes the same sort of noise, but so does my mum and dads cars when at low revs in a higher gear, so i dont think its a problem, just a bit irritating like you say.

Regards,
Nat

3rd gear

i think i've got the same sort of problem as you but mine is with 2nd gear and catches slightly in 3rd and it seems alot worse if my sporty is cold, its been mentioned to me that it may be that the clutch needs adjusting. does anyone know if this is possible?