princelybug

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Had a Giant Trance X3. Stolen as well.

I hate cars

Do you not listen to anything? The entire contents of the sump and torque converter are completely circulated in under 1 minute at idle in park. If your fluid is not circulating you have bigger issues. Maybe that grinding was your pump. If everything was in working order your fluid mixed, doing a round trip from the sump to the pump to the converter and valve body, through the cooler, lube, and returned to the pan at least 45 times in the 45 minutes you were idling. The only fluid not circulated is less than 1/2 quart that's left in the non energized hydraulic circuits. This is why shifting it to second gear while sitting still will get new fluid into the second gear circuit. As I mentioned earlier, there is no physical shifting of gears in an auto, all you have to do is energize the circuit to get fresh fluid to each gear. Now to bathe each set of clutches in fresh fluid you usually have to drive it.

You still have not answered my question. Did you check the fluid with the engine running or with it off? Weren't you having random transmission problems a year or more ago?

Chad05TL

Best advice..

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Nice. The usual Chad trolling thread. I knew you were trolling, I never should have responded. This was your end game as soon as you created this thread. You were never interested in getting to the root cause, you created a story full of inconsistencies to arrive at your so called conclusion. I can't wait for the inevitable "My transmission is dead" thread. I will be laughing.

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Yep. I feel like a little kid on Christmas Eve. I get it in 9-10 days. Already have a SRAM 1x11 drivetrain upgrade ordered as well. I can't wait for this thing to come in. It's too much bike for me but hopefully I'll grow into it one day. I plan to get a second set of time and tires and disks for commuting as well.

Majofo

I bet it's the northerner's like Josh, riding around in his van, just waiting to take our democratic bikes away.



That would be pretty sad and pathetic if that's the case. If there's any truth to the posts, it's only a matter of time. I doubt he'll post such thread.

Wow.. that's awesome.. be safe, too many crazies out there.

And we don't heal as fast as we used to..

Majofo

btw.. Justn's buddy found a primo GN hiding out in a barn for the past +20 years. Looks brand new. He posted a thread with some great pics:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?p=15021963

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That's the truth. What used to be a little bruise that you ignored now keeps you down for a couple weeks. I primarily got the full suspension for performance but to be honest it's also because I'm getting older and I'm tired of going to work and sitting down for hours on end with an aching back. On my other 4" full suspension that I rarely ride, I've noticed I ride much longer, farther, and faster without realizing it. I don't feel so beat up at the end of a ride. I'm looking forward to having 6" of travel for sure, especially st 230lbs. It might actually be somewhat comfortable.

That sucks you guys got your bikes stolen. I've been looking into locks and insurance on the bike. It retails for $4050 but I got it for $3200 before tax. However, I have a SRAM XX1 complete drivetrain on the way which was about $1k. I'm keeping my hardtail because I know I'll be too afraid to ride this one to the beach or anywhere for that matter unattended.

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That's soooo not fair lol. I've been actively looking for another one for a month. I did find one for $15k with 20k on it that ran bottom 12s. It sold in a day. If only I had looked a day earlier. I do have one on the hook right now. It's certified to 7.50s. Runs 9.0 on pump gas and street tire and made 2,600hp fully dialed up. It's registered and is driven on the street. It's kind if funny to see the parachute mount on a car driving down the street. Be wants $30k for it which isnt bad at all but I don't know if I could spend that kind of money on a toy and not end up single and broke.

I hope Justins friend knows that those cars can go from mid to high 13s to 11s with very little money invested. Even 12s are doable for about $200 not counting tires.

Majofo

That's incredible.

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What's incredible is I'm considering selling my reliable daily driver for a 9 second toy and driving it the 1.5 miles to work everyday. It's incredibly stupid but I think at 37 I'm entitled to my first mid life crisis.

Majofo

Why not..

As long as the boss says it's okay..

rockyfeller

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Before you close this thread I want to say that I can relate to your same problem. So don't feel it was just your car, the same happened to me. And yes there is a way around it. I know people are telling you not to blame the fluid. No doubt they mean well and know a lot.

I have a lengthy tranny thread in case you haven't seen it, the details of my story are there. My grind into park is EXACTLY as you described it. The colder it was, the more likely it would happen. I also got a 3rd gear slip. The difference in my case was that it didn't happen when the tranny is hot, usually when the car warmed up it was less likely to happen. These problems surfaced only once I switched to Redline D4, there were no problems before that. Consensus is that my tranny is also on it's way out. I am not disagreeing, but how is it that we are almost into June and my car is running? Things didn't get worse but actually better purely because I put some LubeGard in there. I have a bit of racing fluid mixed in too. No grind, zero slip, no hesitation. Just a bit of flare but otherwise the car is totally running beautifully now. I also really feel like just forgoing the Redline stuff in the future. Next time I think I'm just going to stick with DW-1 and get the Redline stuff out. If you continue to have problems, I would suggest LubeGard, the stuff works.

So while there may be some tranny damage as others are saying, OK accepted. But the fluid mix you choose makes a day and night difference.