Car hard to shift into gears..
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Car hard to shift into gears..
Ok, made sure I did a search for this to see if it was a problem that had been addressed and no symptoms quite matched mine so here goes:
When at a dead stop and my car is on, engine running it is hard as hell for me for me to pull my shifter into gear.... especially into reverse. When moving it is hard to shift but not near as hard as when at a dead stop. When the car is off and parked, I can easily shift into any gear. Also it seems like my clutch has too much freeplay at the top. My 02 has 60k on it. Any ideas? Suggestions? Experience? YOur help is much appreciated in advance.
When at a dead stop and my car is on, engine running it is hard as hell for me for me to pull my shifter into gear.... especially into reverse. When moving it is hard to shift but not near as hard as when at a dead stop. When the car is off and parked, I can easily shift into any gear. Also it seems like my clutch has too much freeplay at the top. My 02 has 60k on it. Any ideas? Suggestions? Experience? YOur help is much appreciated in advance.
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Originally Posted by spets,Oct 5 2009, 10:50 AM
Try changing the trans fluid.
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Originally Posted by my2ks2k,Oct 5 2009, 01:03 PM
did this seem to happen kind of all at once, or has it been a gradual process?
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the reason i ask, is i had a similar problem, that seemed to happen overnight.
PITA to get into any gear with the car running, and the higher the speed, the harder engagement became.
my problem (as correctly, indcredibly enough, diagnosed by my mechanic) was a piece of the friction disc had broken off and lodged itself between the pressure plate and the friction disc, keeping the clutch basically somewhat engaged all the time when the engine was running. here's what she looked like:
what the clutch should look like from the side
what this side of mine looked like, because...
this piece broke off and got lodged...
between the friction disc and the pressure plate. if you look closely, you can see the groove in the PP from the little piece being lodged there.
didn't help that at 135k, my FD was...almost gone
new clutch and i'm good to go
PITA to get into any gear with the car running, and the higher the speed, the harder engagement became.
my problem (as correctly, indcredibly enough, diagnosed by my mechanic) was a piece of the friction disc had broken off and lodged itself between the pressure plate and the friction disc, keeping the clutch basically somewhat engaged all the time when the engine was running. here's what she looked like:
what the clutch should look like from the side
what this side of mine looked like, because...
this piece broke off and got lodged...
between the friction disc and the pressure plate. if you look closely, you can see the groove in the PP from the little piece being lodged there.
didn't help that at 135k, my FD was...almost gone
new clutch and i'm good to go
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I'm going to revive this thread because what the OP posted is exactly what I'm currently experiencing. I have a MY07 with ~45,000 miles. From reading this thread, it sounds like a tranny fluid change would be a good place to start, but has anyone else experienced this? My problem seemed to happen gradually over the past few months.
Just making a note...at times if I pump the clutch pedal, it gets easier to shift. and my pedal has a bunch of free play at the top that wasn't there before...
Just making a note...at times if I pump the clutch pedal, it gets easier to shift. and my pedal has a bunch of free play at the top that wasn't there before...
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look inside the car at the back of the pedal where it goes into the master cylinder, if its wet with fluid you have a bad master and need to replace it, how is your fluid level in the reservoir??