Clutch, Hard going into first gear

by **lazyboyz69** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:23 pm

Well sometimes when i'm at complete stop, my first gear grinds as i try to put it in gear. Most of the time its pretty hard going into 1st gear. All other gears are fine, i can go to 1st to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd, etc and its fine. Just first gear i'm having problems with. I just changed my slave clutch cylinder, i just changed my clutch not so long ago, i also changed my master cylinder when i changed my clutch.I bleed the clutchlines, i used Redline 75-90 transmission fluid when i changed the clutch. When the car is rolling, its easy to put in gear. I'm thinking its the master clutch cylinder, anyone got any suggestions?

by **DatSRBoi** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:35 pm

forgot what they call it but I think its your push pin.

by **lazyboyz69** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:48 pm

are you talking about the pin that connects to the master cylinder and the clutch pedal?

by **that1mexguy** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:31 am

Dang, this actually happend to me twice already in the past month (yesterday being the 2nd time) and funny that you mention it as I thought it was me doing something wrong, like if I was trying to rush it. Let me know if you find out what may be wrong with yours please. I'll try to contact my mechanic, the guy that installed my clutch, and see if they can give me more info, thanks man!

by **boneezy** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 2:24 pm

i think its the pin that doesnt let you go into first gear once you reached a certain spd, this happened to me too, but in reverse. it will go away

by **that1mexguy** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:51 pm

^^ me no understando!

by **lazyboyz69** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:51 pm

what pin are you talking about, my gears are grinding!... i don't wanna blow my trans..... i can softly push it in 1st, or if i pump the clutch twice at a stop it will go in smoothly, sometimes smoothly. IF it pump the clutch hard, it goes in pretty good as well...

by **facevedo17** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 3:48 pm

I have the same problem and my clutch set up is stock ...1st gear is always hard ...and 2,3,4,5,R are smooth .......what pin is this

by **lazyboyz69** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:33 pm

my cousin works at toyota, he said i probably got air in my lines, so i'm going to waste a whole bottle of dot3 and try to get out all the air....

by **that1mexguy** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:38 pm

lazyboyz69 wrote:my cousin works at toyota, he said i probably got air in my lines, so i'm going to waste a whole bottle of dot3 and try to get out all the air....

let me know if that works for you please.

by **lazyboyz69** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:01 pm

no it didn't work, i also try changing my clutch slave cylinder again, that didnt' work, i might try changing my mastery clutch cylinder...

by **that1mexguy** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 9:15 pm

I really hope you know what you are doing (sounds like you do) cause I have no clue and would hate to pay for someone to look at it and then turn out to be something completely different. thanks man!

by **lazyboyz69** » Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:35 am

i found a great article man
http://www.team.net/sol/tech/clutch.html
it tells you everythings,
i think i got corrosion where the slave hits the clutch arm

by **lazyboyz69** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:58 pm

well i just fixed the problem, theres is this thing you can adjust on the master cylinder and the clutch pedal, its actually connected on the clutch pedal, make sure the pedal is released all the way, and adjust the rod,and tighten. Mine wasn't tightened, so i lost alot of pressure. Now the grab point is much futher out.

Clutch, Hard going into first gear

Clutch, Hard going into first gear

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