Fobra

Well sorry but the problem was probably you and then went to the snychros and probably the forks. The manual says your supposed to do two consecutive forward gear shifts before shifting into reverse, and sometimes you have to do this procedure more than once (re-setting the clutch again) your 1st -2nd and 3rd -4th problems are common place for new drivers, its you not the shifter... most people change shifters trying to correct a problem that doesnt exist. The reason your doing it is probably because 1) your getting to excited and fudging up (possibly) or 2) your not used to the angle at which you have to apply force, its weird, I know we all go through it in the begining, but give a few weeks, dont force anything ever! eventually youll get to be smooth as butter.

OzzDOA

The best way to adjust the clutch quadrant is to crawl under the dash and do it by hand. The adjustment procedure in the manual is useless. If you are getting a high-pitched squeek when shifting you might have a slagged throw-out bearing which would also cause difficult shifts. Either way if its not the clutch quadrant you have to drop the trans.

89LX Coupe

My g/f's 01gt w/ a stock clutch does this when I powershift into 3rd around 6k or so. So your saying this could possibly be throw-out bearing b/c I always thought it was just the belt squeaking... And what do you mean by slagged?

OP I would think the whole problem would either be the synchros or the clutch going out.

Dan's Cobra

That's funny because I didn't know that the manual states we actually have to throw it in a couple of forward gears before throwing it into reverse. I just did it because it just works about half the time. I think it might be my clutch quadrant or engaging because this early morning (and couple times before) to back out I threw it in 5th (with holding in the clutch all the way as usual) the gear grinded as if the clutch was partially engaged , so I'm guessing the clutch isn't fully disengaged, maybe?

stallion11030

how do you adjust the clutch quadrant??? dont you have to buy an adjustable one?

cliffyk

What does "it's fine" mean? If it's up to the fill hole the it's over-filled by nearly a quart. There's a TSB (TSB 04-15-6 click here) that addresses difficult 1-2 and 2-3 shifting, and among other things specifies only using 3.0 L (3.2 qt) of fluid in the tranny. This is about 5/8" below the fill hole.

This is to minimise the potential for hydrostatic locking of the shift rods and detents, and it makes BIG difference in the way the tranny shifts.