booggieman62

Hey I bought a brand new wrx in feb. at 4300 miles I was driving down town at 25 mph and i down shifted from third to second and third gear blew up. took it back to the dealer and Subaru would not cover it they claimed abuse. but the dealer covered it under a good will claim. But they said they would not do it again. so now the car has 8600 and third gear is out again. once again I don't drive it hard. and i don't bang through the gears. about the only hard driving i do is on the interstate. no launches. anyhow. I keep hearing that the 5mt are weak. and to go with the sti tranny. what do you guys think. I'm talking to the dealer about fixing it again but I know I probably won't get anywhere. which is Bs. I don't know what to do?? and yeah the car is and always has been bone stock..

stylin525

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2 times. that blows. That sucks that subaru will not cover it. 8#### and two blown tranny's. I dont know what to say. If you;re a ****ty driver, sounds like you need to invest in some PpG's gearset.

uNTuCHaBLeZ_WRx

Damn two trannies gone bye bye under 10k miles

I_FLY_LOW

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dude i know how u feel yours broke and you cars is stock i blew third and SOA would not do shiiiiza for me am just going with RA STI gear set they will be available at the end of this month for $1600 igetting mine done at DB tuned give him a call 1.916.791.4900 hope i could help good luck

booggieman62

I heard the RA gears break just as easy. and what about the ppg gears what are they I haven't seen much on them. what you think about the sti tranny swap???

uNTuCHaBLeZ_WRx

PPGs will run u around 4500 bucks or close to 5k for 1-4

Depends on what you can afford. GLuck with everything

VRT MBasile

iTrader: (17)

you need to get the cryo treated gears. You can get a fully rebuilt tranny with cryo treated RA gears, new synchros and everything for I think about $2600 shipped from www.iaperformance.com

I dont know where the rebuilt ones are on the site, so you'll have to contact them if you want to go that route. I have one thats about to go in but I bought it used

booggieman62

thanks fellas but whats the difference from the ppg gears and the ra gears?? I have found the ra gears for lots cheaper but thats just the gears I can rebuild my tranny. SO WHAT ARE THE PPG GEARS AND WHY SO EXPENSIVE ARE THEY THE STRAIGHT CUT GEARS ??????

monsterboy

Don't lean on your shifter. Don't leave your hand on the shifter. Once you've shifted gears leave it alone until the next shift. My two cents.

booggieman62

thank you kind sir for your two cents. but I guess nobody can answer my questions. but it looks like I'm going to go with the sti tranny. get rid if that junk 5 speed.

SubyN00by

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STi tranny ftw...

btw, are you rev matching when downshifting, or just letting the clutch out?

06REX

PPG's are for the most part indestructible.

http://www.ppgearbox.com.au/whyppg.htm

They are quite possibly the best gearbox upgrade you can get. A STi trans is great but it involves a lot of swapping and some waiting to find a good buy. Both ways can contain some downtime and it really depends on what you want to do with the car.

Also, how did you downshift into 2nd and 3rd blow up??

SpADeZ_WRX

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Just about 6 months late on responding to this thread dont you think

06REX

Yea, sorry. I don't log on here too much. I was doing some transmission research. Seeing how many 06 owners have had problems on here. Read all the problems on NASIOC already.

inpurressa

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18K miles here, never had one problem. Never launched it, but some spirited shifting on the on ramp, but nothing close to abuse. Pretty much always rev match before downshifting. Gotten better with heel-toe after driving the wrx. Always play with the clutch to ensure smooth shifts.