1g hard to get in to gear when running

way2fastalon · 05-25-2009

hey guys i was driving around tonight and it started to get hard to get in to the gears all of them are nearly impossible to get into when running but when i get the car rolling i can get in to 2nd-5th reverse is hard to get in to but i can get it in but it sorta wants to grind ... it just started to do this tonight so im trying to figure out if its the clutch or something why would it go in to gear nice if the car is off ... its like im not pushing in the clutch in all the way .. so what do i do all greatness on this site ... ?

Gravy · 05-25-2009

Quick check you could do, is make sure the bolts are tight on the shift linkage cable. Mine came loose before and did the same thing.

**asshanson** · 05-26-2009

Try the clutch adjustment screw at the pedal? Turn the screw away from the pedal and see if it helps any, maybe the clutch isn't disengaging 100%. Though I'm not sure why this would just start happening.

Or have someone check to make sure the slave is moving in/out. Maybe it's the master or slave going bad.

TheBlizzard · 05-26-2009

If it just started happening I would suspect your clutch master cylinder is going out or is low on fluid, or needs to be bled. There are a number of other things as well that could cause this.

4g63tcrazy · 05-26-2009

If it shifted fine before and now it's getting worse I wouldn't adjust the pedal. I can almost garentee it's the slave on it's way out. It always gets hard to shift a couple days before it actually goes out on you.

At-Least-It's-An-Evo · 05-26-2009

maybe your tranny is falling off?
maybe your clutch disc fell apart/is falling apart?

was it instantly noticable? Did you do something right before this happened?(beat on it or something)

1QUICK4 · 05-26-2009

Check for slop in the clutch pedal assembly, it's very common

**scheides** · 05-26-2009

+1 on all of the above, but my bet is on slave cyl.

jhaan_dude · 05-26-2009

check the fluid level...?

Pushit2.0 · 05-28-2009

Shifter cables, they are common to wear out, 2nd/5th/Race is when you are pushing the shift linkage forward in the tranny, thus a bad cable will bend and not go all the way into gear.

~John

way2fastalon · 05-28-2009

well found out the trans bolts are loose so every time i push the clutch in it moves the transmission out so i think thats whats wrong .. lol

Matt D. · 05-28-2009

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Originally Posted by way2fastlaser

well found out the trans bolts are loose so every time i push the clutch in it moves the transmission out so i think thats whats wrong .. lol

That is what you call a severe problem.