help: bump at the end of 1st gear engagement

ramZ1089

Okay guys, so I’ve had this problem for a while now and it’s driving me crazy... it’s happened numerous times since owning my Z (I’ve had it for just over 1 year), and it’s worrying me a lot. Sometimes after driving for a while, at the very end of the engagement of 1st gear, the car jerks or bumps a little bit. If it starts to happen, the bump gets bigger the more I keep driving. It also happens at the end of the engagement of 2nd gear, but is MUCH less noticeable. It never happens when I make a quick drive to say the grocery store and back. Because of this, the only thing I can figure the problem would be is the oil temp. Maybe it happens when the oil starts getting hot?... The temp ever gets too high though, I don’t track my Z and I live in Southern California where the weather is pretty mild. Oh and I know it’s not my shifting, when it happens I’m shifting as I normally do when the car is working fine. To test this, I’ve even tried engaging at a higher RPM (2000 and even a little higher) and letting the clutch out extremely slowly, but the bump still occurs at the very end of the engagement. Besides this one problem, everything works fine with my Z. Has anyone else had this problem? And does anyone have an idea of what the problem might be? Thanks

jaedub

I doubt its your oil temp. I think something is wrong with your clutch or trans