On very cold mornings when I start the car (99.5 A41.8TQM)I find whenever I shift down into second I hear/feel the gears grind for a second until it locks in. Now its not a hardcore grindingbut its enough that I feel after so long, itsgot to cause some sort of damage. It only happens for the first few (2-4) shifts into second, then the car starts to warm up and it goes away. Seems to me it has to do with the metal/steel contracting in cold weather overnight. It only happens in second every other gear is fine..
Do you think i should be conscerned? Should i take it to the dealership/mechanic or is there anything i can do myself to see what affect if any its causing?

EDIT: Some mornings I've tried shifting at low and higher rpms making sure I fully push the clutch inall the waybut it still happens every time

 

Try putting some GM synchromesh in your trans. It smoothed out my 1-2 shift a lot.

 

its probably your synchro going, i have the same prob, do what wood_e said it should help

 

ok thanks ill try that

 

the synchros are known to go out.

 

are they expensive to get replaced by a dealership? (no more warrenty) should I have them replace it then put the synchromesh in after?

 

We just had our TT tranny rebuilt when the 2nd gear sychros went. We were able to remove the tranny ourselves because we were doing other mods.... and it saved a lot of money. We delivered it straight to the tranny shop. That is the route we took. We wanted the tranny rebuilt anyway...

My buddy did drive his for a while with the problem. Just shift to 3rd from 1st lol.

Is there a cheaper fix guys?

 

Try changing the fluid before drawing worse conclusions.