Hey everyone, two problems i'm experiencing right now, wondered if anyone has any advice

1) This happened once or twice last winter, and then never again during the dry summer. Now it's starting up again. When I'm driving in really, really wet conditions, lots of water on the road, I have a pretty obnoxious sound intermittently coming from one of my front wheels (passenger thinks its driver wheel, driver thinks its passenger wheel). It definitely isn't correlated with engine speed, but seems to follow wheel speed somewhat. That said, I can't make it happen on purpose. It's kind of a grinding sound, pretty hard to explain. That or it's water getting in somewhere it shouldn't - thinking that because it ONLY happens on wet roads. Any ideas? CV's? Could it just be something to do with the wheel well and be harmless?

2) A problem I saw a few results on from searching regarding stiff shifting - didn't see any replies saying that the suggestions helped so I thought i'd ask again. Shifting the manual tranny got very difficult the other day, and hasn't improved with the bit of driving i've been doing. If i go from 1-2, or 2-3, it's very stiff, as if i'm working against some good resistance. (same goes for downshifting, and i had the manual transmission fuel changed at honda dealership about 12k miles ago). If I go from 1-N-2, or 2-N-left-3, the problem is reduced quite a bit. So, anyone have positive results with just lubricating the shift linkage and/or bushing below? Anything specific to lubricate it with? Should I flush and fill tranny fluid again?

Thanks in advance for any help guys.

 

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1) It's likely water splashing up into your wheel well. Being that it only happens on wet days, a mechanical problem can be ruled out. (and your description was rather vague)

2) Start with checking the fluid level. Then remove the center console and inspect the shifter and cables for smooth operation. Lube if necessary. Also inspect the other end of the shifter cables and levers on top of the housing, under the air intake box, in the passenger side of the engine compartment. Remove any debris. Lube if necessary. If all checks out and the problem persists, it's likely internal.