eglude

so i replaced my clutch, put everythig back together exactly how i took it off, now my car wont go into the bottom gears 2nd 4th or reverse. what should i check for? thanks in advance

eglude

bump for help please!!!!

92EGminihatch

shift linkage.

TravisCadello

Sounds weird..... Did you empty the oil in the tranns? or is it full? if its full don't worry bout it it should go into gear good.

Go out on a test drive and drive first gear and try 2nd if no 2nd skip it and go into 3rd gear if 1st and 3rd gear are good then recheck how you installed the shift linkage. you might had bent it or forgot to install the second linkage cause their 2 of them and i think the other it for bottom gears.

Good luck YOOOO!!!

slow96lude

shift linkage or you didnt bleed the slave

eglude

well i went under the car and unhooked the linkage. had my bro push on the clutch while i pulled on the linkage as if i was going into first and it worked but when pulling on it (bottom gears) nothing!!! damn!!!

slow96lude

bleed the clutch

eglude

already bled the clutch. i can drive it but it only goes into the top gears...1st 3rd and 5th...can it be that i messed up installing the clutch or is it somehtin to do with the linkage area?

slow96lude

then something isnt right with the throwout bearing. does it grind when you try to put it into gear or jump

eglude

no grinding, top gears go right in with no problem. bottoms ones...dont go in at all, no grind or anything. shifter just doesnt go down at all

slow96lude

did it come with a new throwout bearing and does it go in when you shut off the car

eglude

yes it came with a new throw out bearing. and yes it goes into gear when the car is shut off as well.

slow96lude

try working in the throwout bearing a little bit there are a pain sometime. still seems a little odd is it hard to get into gear when the car isnt running

R666_EK

So it won't go into gear with the engine off either or it does? What was the reason for replacing the clutch in the first place?

R666_EK

No. Its not.

eglude

it does go in with the car on or off. all top gears go in smooth with the car on or off. damn this car. another week without a car

natovang17

Well, try putting it in 2nd gear when car is off, and start it in 2nd gear. if you hear some grinding or whatever...means you probably need to redo your clutch. That happen to me once, but wasn't after i replaced the clutch though. It was after i beat on my car...LOLs! Good luck!

roycivic92

LINKAGE

eglude

ok so the bottom gears wont go in even if the car is off. they just dont go in at all... clutch engaged, disengaged, car on, car off...just dont go in =(. i see people are saying linkage. when i pulled the tranny out i never pulled off the bitch pin or any of that, just unhooked it from the shifter and pulled it out like that and when i put it back it i just bolted the bar back up to the shifter. so what do i look for in the linkage?

eglude

ok so i just wanted to give you guys an update. i fixed the problem, the little clip that goes over the "bitch" pin slipped off, it slipped between the shift rod and the tranny, so when i would try shifting to the bottom gears (which would be pushing in into the tranny) that clip was in the way, in between, so the shifts couldnt go in.

slow96lude

I hate those little things........ A buddy and I were putting a tranny back on after a clutch install and the damn thing just wouldnt go in. I could tell the shaft was in the clutch disc but the tranny wouldnt mate up with the block. After about two hours of yelling and cursing my poor little B16 my buddy remembered he put one of the bolt back into a hole underneath on the back of the block so he wouldnt lose it. I almost killed him