I am having a problem with transmission grinding on the high to low range selection. Its an RTO 14613 and I just had the back box rebuilt and it grinds slightly less but still grinds. It doesn't grind every time, kind of intermittent. What is my next move? Am I driving it wrong? All I know is I don't know. Thanks with any help.
13 speed still grinding
Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by 260REM, May 28, 2026.
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From my miniscule experience, extended range preselection is what causes that issue.
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Do you mean say I'm flipping the range lever down way before i actually make the gear change?
What I try to do is get mph down to about 15 or a little less before I make the change and I think I'm flipping lever and pulling shifter pretty soon after. I will pay better attention next time I run it. -
If your transmission grinds when going from low range to high range, the synchronizer is bad.Diesel Dave, Stringb8n, Magoo1968 and 1 other person Thank this.
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That's what i thought too, so i had it replaced. Still grinding though. It is working fine on the up shift, just misbehaving on the occasional down shift.
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Is it grinding when you are splitting gears down shifting, or when you are down shifting from high range to low range?Trucker61016 Thanks this.
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from high range to low range only, so far
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Still sounds like the synchronizer.
@Heavyd @Goodysnap may have more insightStringb8n Thanks this. -
Can also change the splitter itself.
Had an international 9900 do that, it’d grind every time you went high to low.
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Not to bust your balls, but you mean, "I think I got the synchronizer changed". You may have paid for it to be replaced, but what you actually got could be a totally different story. For all anybody knows, some "mechanic" put saw dust in there to help make it quiet.
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