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shifting hard - 7/3/2007 6:26:24 PM    zoso   Posts: 62 Joined: 7/17/2006 Status: offline I have a 93 ES and my car had been shifting hard lately. Sometimes, it takes a lot of force for me to get it in first gear and this continues throughout the gers, often, 3rd gear will girnd. Other times, it will shift smoothly. Today, I drove my car to work with it being hard to shift, but on the way home, I could shift very smoothly. Any ideas? Post #: 1

RE: shifting hard - 7/3/2007 10:56:02 PM    Blink_Jason   Posts: 102 Joined: 4/2/2007 From: Salt Lake City Status: offline yes.. ill be watching this topic because mine does the same thing.. like when ur at a light and u have to go into first sometimes it doesnt go in so i throw it into second then back into first and it usually goes right in and third grinds sometimes maybe just one tick into third.. (in reply to zoso) Post #: 2

RE: shifting hard - 7/4/2007 8:13:30 AM    thestealth Posts: 3526 Joined: 2/3/2004 From: United States Status: online Does it ever kick out of 5th gear? _____________________________ My Gallery (in reply to Blink_Jason) Post #: 3

RE: shifting hard - 7/4/2007 9:35:54 AM    zoso   Posts: 62 Joined: 7/17/2006 Status: offline No it stays in all the gears fine. Well, sometimes when I shift from 3rd to 4th, it feels like it was about to fall out of 3rd, but it never does on its own. (in reply to thestealth) Post #: 4

RE: shifting hard - 7/4/2007 10:26:22 AM    tom92RTtt   Posts: 31 Joined: 12/6/2006 Status: offline i had the same problem and a s a result i had to get a new transmission for my TT ($3K):-( check the transmission fluid if its like mine there is no guage or level stick so you have to go in underneath and check it manually...there is an upper bolt that you need to remove...stick your finger in the hole and if you can feel transmission fluid underneath your finger then u have a problem i cant solve...my tranny was running completely dry for about a hundred and fifty or so miles and i burnt out my gears...and it was shifting hard throughout all of them and would often pop out of reverse and was very hard to downshift...try this and let me knowif it was helpful (in reply to zoso) Post #: 5

RE: shifting hard - 7/4/2007 8:35:44 PM    zoso   Posts: 62 Joined: 7/17/2006 Status: offline Yea thats what my dad said. What kind of gear oil sould I use? (in reply to tom92RTtt) Post #: 6

RE: shifting hard - 7/4/2007 8:56:13 PM    whitey97   Posts: 139 Joined: 6/11/2006 Status: offline drain your old stuff and use a fully synthetic is my opinion. I use all ams oil products in mine (in reply to zoso) Post #: 7

RE: shifting hard - 7/5/2007 8:27:15 AM    92stealth   Posts: 176 Joined: 1/15/2007 Status: offline your clutch could be out of adjustment as well. it might not be fully disengaging, check it quick cuz it will wear out the syncros. (in reply to whitey97) Post #: 8

RE: shifting hard - 7/5/2007 2:48:02 PM    zoso   Posts: 62 Joined: 7/17/2006 Status: offline I'm not the best and knowing stuff about cars so how do I check my clutch adjustment? And will I know if it is out of adjustment? And if the synchros are bad, how do i replace them? I appreciate all the help. (in reply to 92stealth) Post #: 9

RE: shifting hard - 7/5/2007 3:41:31 PM    92stealth   Posts: 176 Joined: 1/15/2007 Status: offline syncros are expensive to do and will need a shop to do it. you need to drop the trans and so on. as for the clutch how much dead play is in the pedal? when does it acttually feel like it catches? (in reply to zoso) Post #: 10

RE: shifting hard - 7/7/2007 9:06:22 AM    zoso   Posts: 62 Joined: 7/17/2006 Status: offline I don't really know. It does feel as if it is a lot softer than normal. Seems like it used to take a lot more pressure to push the pedal all the way down than it does right now. (in reply to 92stealth) Post #: 11

RE: shifting hard - 7/10/2007 1:30:21 AM    tom92RTtt   Posts: 31 Joined: 12/6/2006 Status: offline I'm not really sure about hydrolic clutches...can you check hydrolic fluid?? I dont even know... (in reply to zoso) Post #: 12

RE: shifting hard - 7/10/2007 5:13:50 AM    92stealth   Posts: 176 Joined: 1/15/2007 Status: offline the slave cylinder is right by your pedals under the dash... (in reply to tom92RTtt) Post #: 13

RE: shifting hard - 7/10/2007 5:18:09 AM    thestealth Posts: 3526 Joined: 2/3/2004 From: United States Status: online The resivoir to check the clutch is right next to the brake master cylider. _____________________________ My Gallery (in reply to 92stealth) Post #: 14

RE: shifting hard - 7/10/2007 7:51:59 AM    zoso   Posts: 62 Joined: 7/17/2006 Status: offline Yup the master cylinder was low on fluid. Filled it up and is working good again. Thanks alot to everyone for their help. (in reply to thestealth) Post #: 15

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