Manual tranny goes into gear hard

[BoominSVX]

I recently started having issues with my tranny. When I put it in gear, the thing fights me something fierce. It has only done it the past few days (which were very hot), but I am worried it may become a problem soon. The clutch was fine when I put the engine in 500 miles ago, and very meaty, but the flywheel had a little bit of heat cracking. I don't think that would have anything to do with it going into gear cause it still had plenty of life left. I probably should have been smart and gotten the flywheel turned down a bit, but it's just a beater anyway. So, any ideas? Mike

 

[93GreenX]

My explorer had problems going into gear for a long time until I finally had the slave cylinder replaced and then now it goes into gear fairly easily.

 

[fordby4]

check the hydraulic fluid level in the resivoir because that happened to me once where my fluid level was down and I got some air in the system but I just filled it up and bled it and it shifted fine after that

 

[BoominSVX]

check the hydraulic fluid level in the resivoir because that happened to me once where my fluid level was down and I got some air in the system but I just filled it up and bled it and it shifted fine after that

I check the fluid every time I open the hood. ( twice a day) It's definately full, but I may just have to bleed it and put new fluid in anyway. The stuff in there now is pretty nasty looking. Thanks for the input. Mike

 

[unclemeat]

Check the transmission fluid. If water has gotten in it can cause hard shifting. Try replacing it with synthetic fluid.