ok i have no idea whats goin on, i never had a problem with the tranny or shifter when i got the tranny swap to a 5speed till now, i was at the drive thru at lunch and as soon as i put the car in first it didnt want to go in so i try again and shove it in and it goes in but it doesnt feel rite i take off and when i shift to 2nd i have to pull it out of 1st then shove it back in to 2nd and its the same with every gear, there is no grinding or anything it drives fine its just that i have to force it in and out of every gear, so i take the center console out and check the shifter i take the cable off to see if its the shifter and its not it moves freely so i grab the cable and its hard to push in and out but it doesnt look broke so now i stuck i dont know ehat else i should check

please help me out

oh and everything is stock i have made no upgrades to the shifter

thanks in advance for any help

 

you sure you're not losing clutch pressure? maybe a leaky m/c?

 

nope all feels the same and drives the same and the fluid level is full its just that i actualy have to use force to get it in and out of gear and by force i dont mean like 2 hands to get it in gear just the same amount you whould use to open a jar

 

if it helps any heres a pic of the shifter where i took off the cable

 

bump!

 

have u checked the way they are routed? maybe binding? what about trans fluid. just some suggestions.

 

that sounds like a good idea but its too late to see it rite now so i guess ill try that tomorrow

anyone else ever have this type of problem?

 

bump! for any other ideas before i have to go back to my mechanic

 

i know it's stupid, but have you lubed up the cables, to make sure there's no resistance? go to a bicycle shop and get some tri-flow, that **** works wonders!

 

thats sounds like it could work how whould i go about doing that? whould i have to take it apart?

 

they sell tri-flow in an aerosol bottle with a straw, kinda like WD-40. i'd start by spraying where you can see, and disassemble farther back as necessary. sometimes just taking something apart and putting it back together again can solve the problem for no apparent reason. i had that happen to my friend's Gary Fisher, right after i installed a king headset for him. he crashed and it was binding on one side, i had just faced the frame and everything. i took it completely apart, found nothing wrong, put it back together and it worked. he said "you fixed it?" i said "i sure did" he said "great! what was wrong?" i said "not a clue."

 

ok i tried everything nothing worked then today the damn thing fixed it self but know the shifter has play on 1st 3rd and 5th i push it up into those gears and i can keep pushing another inch or so all i can think of is its my shift cable what do yall think?