[driver17]

I recently just spent around 4000 for a reman tranny/xcase combo from Kormex, new clutch & clutch master cylinder, and BG syncroshift II. Then the labor to put it in.

I have never driven a new vr4 or one with less than 80K on it but for spending that much on a tranny I expected a night and day difference and the ability to shift normal!!!

With this new Kormex transmission I cannot shift normal except for 3rd to 4th. Every other gear is notchy and you have to apply light pressure so it can work its way in. If I slowly accelerate in 1st then push the clutch all the way in and try to shift from 1st to 2nd at a normal pace it clunks and sounds like the syncros are bad. WTF???

I spend all this money on a transmission expecting results and I am in the same place as where I started.

I would think that with a reman trans you should be able to push the clutch in and shift as fast as you can pull the shifter from 1st to 2nd, please someone tell me if I am wrong! At any acceleration rate it clunks and feels like it metal touches metal. I can shift really slowly pausing in neutral then engage the next gear and it doesn't clunk but is really notchy and it feels like it has to work its way in. I am very dissapointed!!!

I called Jeff in Milwaukee(he did the work) and he told me to move my blow off valve, check shifter cable alignment and raise the clutch pedal engagement off the floor. I did all three and notice slightly better shifting, but not what I expected for spending all this. I mean my old tranny wasn't a whole lot worse than this one when I paid 2800 for just the reman tranny!!!

Someone please advise. I would like someone else who has driven kormex rebuilds and let me know if mine is a fluke or what. Thanks