Craig,

Yes it's just a small bit of metal at the centre of the ball that sits in the clutch fork. Get yourself a Dremmel or the Draper cheaper version and it's a five sec job or you can use sandpaper as well and then polish it off. I have used one of these to good affect but eye protection is a must!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-28738...=draper+dremel

You may find it useful for many jobs as well in the future.

 

Also get some valve grinding paste and get a real polish on it before replacing it having lubed it with Ultra high temperature urea grease.

 

Part #1 was listed as "GUIDE, RELEASE BEARING ", Part #21103-PCY-003.

Part #3 was listed as "BEARING, CLUTCH RELEASE", Part #22810-PCY-003.

Basically, these are the pieces that the ends of the clutch fork connect to.

 

Before you go buying parts, do you block shift?

IE vtec in first vtec second then block change to 5th or 6th when you realise you are breaking the speedlimit?

If you do this then it can damage the synchros causing a notchy feel, requiring more force to move into and out of gear or locking you out of gears.

Its a simple fix, basically rag the shit out the gears using vtec in all of them, should smooth things out and then stop block changing gears.

I was always taught to block selective gear change on my driving test and when I was doing my IAM. After around 2 months s2k owenership I got 5th gear lock out and found this to be the issue, a quick vtec up to fifth and sixth and it was smooth as shaved pussy.

Here are some threads:
https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/430...ing-is-brutal/

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/973...-problems-wtf/

 

Good advice - so you're saying I should rag it all the way up to 6th using redline in each gear - righto I'm off home, I may have a "why did the police pull me over?" thread on here later

Seriously though, I swear that after a fresh gearbox fluid change the synchros weren't working as well as before the change. It was like the fluid was "too slippy" but got better after a few thousand miles of driving as Mike recommends above.

 

Traffic Officer: "Do you care to explain why you where speeding so excessively?"
Ben: "Well officer, you see I was simply fixing my car. I read online that by raggin the car in every gear up to 6th would smooth out my synchros resulting in a smoother feel to my changes."



Reminds me about being told off by a Traffic Officer on Boxing day for wearing my new xmas helmet with the roof down whilst driving to my parents. Luckily I was told to stop being such an idiot and to take it off.

 

Lots of good advice there, re: slave cylinder, oils etc, I've done all that myself as I love fettling

Before going on about your esses 'notchy shifting'......

Make an effort to out early (or late) when the roads are quiet and

TOTALLY THRASH THE LIVING CRAP OUT OF YOUR S2000!!!**

Your gear changes are transformed, your gearbox has turned into a box of liquid sex

It's never going to be a good pootling round town car, needs a regular 'leg-stretch' which is why so many people come and go, never really understanding the car.

**Nb
(Lee is not responsible for any speed related deaths and/or penalties, please adhere to all local speed limits and weird rituals; esp' if driving in Yorkshire or Wales.
By reading this without glasses you have also passed your eye examination, congratulations; if you used glasses you've failed, loser!)

 

^^^ Just what I wanted to read in the morning, Box of liquid sex hahahaha

 

Massive thumb-up!

 

I think there was a thread on the US side that said if you block shift you should still run through the intervening gears before you release the clutch, spreads the load or something iirc.

OT id try all the smaller things before changing the clutch or looking at the gearbox. Change the clutch fluid, polish/grease the nipple, clean/grease shifter.... Do you get clutch buzz? I get that on mine so ill be looking to change the clutch in the future.