Recently my transmission has been hard to shift. When I first installed the transmission it shift smoothly without any effort. I could put it into gears with a push of two fingers. Now it getting so stiff that I have to use force to place it into gears.

I have checked my shift bushing and nothing wrong with it. I checked the shift link and nothing. Check the cotter pin that hold the shift link to tranny ....nothing. The the transmission runs fine and still pulls like normal. It doesn't pop out of gear when driving.

Any help so i can find out what is wrong is helpful....thanks

 

Not sure so don't quote me. Perhaps your low on tranny fluid?

 

dayum forgot to mention that too.....I changed the fluid in it less than a month ago and then I changed it again...a few days ago and still feels the same.

 

How many miles are on the car/tranny?

 

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The car has bout 125...the motor has 5K and the tranny has bout 80-90K

 

Is it still hard to get it into gear if the car is off? without the clutch

Reason I say this is b/c you may have some air in the lines and they are just now showing up.

I had a problem where I bled the clutch for a bit and then it got progressively harder to get into gear, eventually I had to jam it it.

Try bleeding it ALOT, I went thru a bottle and a half or so of fluid.

After bleeding it like that, it feels like it was supposed to.

 

gonna try that...ill let you know the results tonight. Thanks

 

try to bleed the clutch system first if that didn't work that means mostlikely your pressure plate take a ****..... happen to me twice

 

okay i bled the clutch and it got a little softer to shift, but still a little on the stiff side. I drove it for about 20-30 and the shifting was alot easier than previous. I ca actully shift w/o force. I also notice that is grinds a little when going into gear once in a while, but not often.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks for those that helped with some of the problems.

 

the grinding is a whole other problem, try changing to gm synchromesh fluid, other than that its going to grind.

Its the nature of honda trannies