i own a 2005 mustang GT, the clutch went out recently and i went in and replaced the clutch,pilot,slave,pressure plate and bled the slave first. when i put the transmission back in the car and start it, its not easy to put it into 1st gear... itll go with force, there is no grinding at all and if i take the shifter and put it into 3rd then go to 1st it goes in easy as butter. i do not think this is a synchro issue and or shift fork as the car shifted like butter every time before the clutch went out. i am wondering what else could be wrong with the car. alignment issue???? i have a suspission it may be that because when i went to put the cross member back on, it would not go straight up to the holes. i had to force it up.

could i please get some advice lol.... AGAIN NO GRINDING IN THE SHIFTER WHEN PUTTING IT INTO 1ST OR ANY GEAR FOR THAT MATTER.

 

this is only from a dead stop^

 

Welcome, but please pay attention to where you are posting. There is a section for every generation of Mustang.

You are in the:
so unless the forum itself is causing you to have problems shifting then this isn't the section to us.

 

Greatly doubt crossmember involvement in this problem. Traditionally, seasoned drivers have ALWAYS shifted momentarily into a higher gear at standstill, then immediately into 1st. The higher gears more easily STOP the transmission's internals from spinning, which is what they are doing when in neutral with the clutch pedal UP. If a 5-speed, depress clutch pedal, shift into 3rd.or 4th., then immediately into 1st.

Let us know if this helps.

 

thats what i do, also before the the clutch went out it would go into first just fine