Hey guys, I was driving my car last night and when I got off the highway, it became very tough to shift into gear. Each gear (namely 1st and reverse), have to be pressed pretty hard in order to get it in. Every now and then, any given gear will stick. Taking off in first and reverse is somewhat rough, and requires little to no clutch release for movement. When I slow down in first, the car shudders a little as well. I just finished bleeding the clutch, so I'm left to believe that it's either my slave cylinder (hopefully) or my throw out bearing (which would SUCK). I just installed the clutch 10k miles ago when I put my new motor in. Unfortunately, the motor is not sitting on a pad this time, and I'm not going through the work of pulling the tranny, restabbing it, etc., again. Can anyone offer an opinion or similar situation they've had as a reference for me please? I don't know the symptoms of clutch or slave cylinder failures, so I hate to sound like a moron, but ANY advice would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks guys.

 

what i would do is sell the car to john

 

bump.... hopefully i get a good response lol

 

well one i say slave cylinder as well. Also another thing would be the clutch. if it were the throwout bearing you would hear a thudding noise everytime you let off the clutch or when you accelerate (depending how bad it is.) hope that helps.

 

There's no noise, just reall really hard to get into gear.

 

I'm thinking slave cylinder too. A new one is like $50.00