rock5
Registered User
My '95 5 speed has always been a bit difficult to shift, which isn't really all that uncommon from what I've read. It's always been harder in the cold, and tough to get into 1st from a dead stop. Bleeding the clutch a couple years ago helped some.
But now things are much worse. Here are some symptoms I've noticed over the last few trips:
- Running 1st gear to about 3500 rpm and pushing in the clutch doesn't really do anything. As I take my foot of the gas, the engine drags the car slower just like it's still in gear. I have to yank the shifter out of gear to shift into second. It's like the clutch keeps hanging on.
- Shifting into any gear is quite difficult at very low rpms (e.g., idle) or at high rpms.
- Shifting in and out is easier in the 2000 to 2500 rpm range. This is really how I've been driving around town today (very boring!!)
- The ease of getting in and out of gear gets better for higher gears. It's easier to get in and out of 4th at a wider rpm range than 2nd.
All of these kind of indicate what I'm calling a 'sticky' clutch as opposed to a 'slipping' clutch.
I'm open to any hints since I'm not that knowledgable about trannies beyond having to repeatedly bleed my old RX7 (it needed a new slave cylinder, but wasn't getting one). I'd like to stop short of a full rebuild since I'll probably only have this car another year, and $1000 is tough to spend at this point.
But now things are much worse. Here are some symptoms I've noticed over the last few trips:
- Running 1st gear to about 3500 rpm and pushing in the clutch doesn't really do anything. As I take my foot of the gas, the engine drags the car slower just like it's still in gear. I have to yank the shifter out of gear to shift into second. It's like the clutch keeps hanging on.
- Shifting into any gear is quite difficult at very low rpms (e.g., idle) or at high rpms.
- Shifting in and out is easier in the 2000 to 2500 rpm range. This is really how I've been driving around town today (very boring!!)
- The ease of getting in and out of gear gets better for higher gears. It's easier to get in and out of 4th at a wider rpm range than 2nd.
All of these kind of indicate what I'm calling a 'sticky' clutch as opposed to a 'slipping' clutch.
I'm open to any hints since I'm not that knowledgable about trannies beyond having to repeatedly bleed my old RX7 (it needed a new slave cylinder, but wasn't getting one). I'd like to stop short of a full rebuild since I'll probably only have this car another year, and $1000 is tough to spend at this point.