Hey all, maybe someone can send me in the right direction before I start tearing into things.
My car became very resistant to changing gears all of the sudden. I noticed it as soon as I started the car when cold. In every gear, I had to give probably 50% more force than normal to shift. This is while stopped with the car off just moving the lever and while driving. About five minutes into driving, I was about to turn around because one particular shift from 3rd into 4th had to be really forced, and some whining and grinding from the transmission accompanied that shift.
This was the only noise the transmission made-although this issue seems to have coincided with a clunk right under my feet-only at low speeds. That began a few days ago, and I jacked up the car for a quick check and nothing in the suspension was loose. Not sure if this is related at all or a timely coincidence. Could the transmission mounts have blown out? I changed them not more than 5,000-10,000 miles ago though. Same with motor mounts.
After that, it started freeing up. I drove more and it got better and better. Oddly, fifth gear was still stiff for awhile after the others, but that also freed up to by the time I got home. By that point, the transmission felt about 80% right, but there was still more resistance than normal. RPM makes no difference.
There's no leaks. The clutch has 60,000 miles, the pedal felt fine, and the engagement point was the same as always. The issue is purely related to moving the gear lever. The transmission has worked perfectly for the past 10 years until today.
My car became very resistant to changing gears all of the sudden. I noticed it as soon as I started the car when cold. In every gear, I had to give probably 50% more force than normal to shift. This is while stopped with the car off just moving the lever and while driving. About five minutes into driving, I was about to turn around because one particular shift from 3rd into 4th had to be really forced, and some whining and grinding from the transmission accompanied that shift.
This was the only noise the transmission made-although this issue seems to have coincided with a clunk right under my feet-only at low speeds. That began a few days ago, and I jacked up the car for a quick check and nothing in the suspension was loose. Not sure if this is related at all or a timely coincidence. Could the transmission mounts have blown out? I changed them not more than 5,000-10,000 miles ago though. Same with motor mounts.
After that, it started freeing up. I drove more and it got better and better. Oddly, fifth gear was still stiff for awhile after the others, but that also freed up to by the time I got home. By that point, the transmission felt about 80% right, but there was still more resistance than normal. RPM makes no difference.
There's no leaks. The clutch has 60,000 miles, the pedal felt fine, and the engagement point was the same as always. The issue is purely related to moving the gear lever. The transmission has worked perfectly for the past 10 years until today.
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