I'm still having trouble with my shifting in my '02 S. BEFORE shifting was silky smooth, but for some reason for a couple months now getting into 1st 2nd and even sometimes 3rd gear takes extra effort to putting into. (hard to put into or sometimes wiggle into gear) I've done oil change tranny flush and rear diff before and it didnt fix the problem. Anyone can help please?!?

 

Is your clutch fully disengaging?

 

yeah....at least i think so!

 

The clutch not completely disengaging is just a thought. If the disc is binding on the shaft, pilot bearing problem or you have air in the system, will allow some torque to be applied to the input shaft. Kinda like shifting without using the clutch.

 

Does driving it and warming it up make a difference? Temp does make a differnce with shifting, when cold they are hard to shift.

 

did it seem like the problem started basically overnight, or was it gradual?

 

It was gradual, started mostly with 1st gear, everything else was fine then overtime second started to act up and same to 3rd.....

 

here's what mine looked like after it started not wanting to shift into gear



part of the FD had broken off and was between the PP and FD, keeping the FD pressed against the flywheel all the time and making shifts difficult.

not saying that's your problem by any means...just ing my pic and odd problem

good luck with yours

 

my2ks2k- what were the specific symptoms of your case?? is there any easy way to check if that has happened?

 

Have you tried rowing through the gears with the engine off? If it shifts smoothly with the engine off clutch in/clutch out then most likely it's a clutch issue.

How many miles on the clutch?