I didn't even know what to search, so I'm just gonna tell it... My car broke today, I was driving, stopped at a stop sign and when I went to put it back in gear, it decided not to comply. My shifter won't go into gear, I can put the shifter in a complete circle without even pressing the clutch in. Anyone have any idea whats going on? The tow guy said he thought it might be a busted shifter cable or maybe even the clutch... I dunno, help

Oh yeah, its a 2001.



Modified by hondaPINK at 1:31 AM 5/13/2006

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hondaPINK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The tow guy said he thought it might be a busted shifter cable or maybe even the clutch... </TD></TR></TABLE>
So is one of the cables busted?

 

clutch might be done for.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fventura03 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">clutch might be done for.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Would that screw up the shifter?

 

i dunno.. the clutch in all honesty is burnt out i think... so maybe thats it? i duno



Modified by hondaPINK at 1:31 AM 5/13/2006

 

If you can maneuver the shifter in a circle, it can easily be the shiftlink cable. That's a cheap fix, so I'd recommend looking into that first.

The clutch would have nothing to do with the fact that you can't get the shifter to locate a gear.

 

i think when you blow your clutch you can move in all gears without engaging the clutch, so yours might be different.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by fventura03 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i think when you blow your clutch you can move in all gears without engaging the clutch, so yours might be different.</TD></TR></TABLE>

This is true, but you wouldn't be able to move from, say first to fifth, without going through Neutral. It sounds like the divider between gears isn't working, so that would make me assume that the cable is toast.

 

thanks guys, i'm crossing my fingers....

 

Gotta be the cable or shifter itself!

 

alright, we checked it out and it seems to be the cable... or so we think... is this an easy fix?

 

turns out the shift fork fell apart. and theres a missing bolt suspected to be in the tranny. lovely.