Ford Focus 1st to 2nd gear change
Ford Focus 1st to 2nd gear change
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Notharrisonford

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15 months

Tuesday
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​2012 Focus 1.0 EcoBoost Manual (110k miles) - 1st to 2nd Gear Crunch After New Clutch

​Hi all, looking for some advice on whether this is worth fixing or moving the car on.

​I had a new clutch fitted about 6 weeks ago. Ever since, it crunches every time I shift quickly from 1st to 2nd gear under acceleration. It never did this before the new clutch was installed, and all other gear shifts feel fine.
​So far, the clutch has been bled a few times and the cables have been adjusted. The garage says the clutch installation itself is fine and suspects it's an internal gearbox issue (synchro).

​Given the car has 110k miles, but has had both a new clutch and the wet belt replaced in 2024, I’m torn on whether to keep it or sell it. Has anyone experienced a similar issue after a clutch replacement ?

E-bmw

13,268 posts

180 months

Tuesday
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Have you tried googling the gearchange cable adjustment procedure for the car?

I ask because I had a v50 with exactly that problem that got worse after a few weeks (it was stood for a while before I bought it) and it cured the problem.

IIRC it was something like put the car in neutral, undo a clip on the cable free end, do it back up again, it would have been a 2 min job except it was under the battery!