So today, all day infact, my car is running great, not a single problem. But tonight as I am leaving my dorms, my car wont go into first gear, it cranks fine goes into reverse, then I got to the first stop sign and nothing, it wont go into first gear. So my friend and I think of anything we can. The clutch pedal still feels strong, I can shift gears when the car is off, and even the car cranks great. But while it is cranks I cannot shift into gear. I even jacked up the car and looked in the inspection plate, and it clutch tooth moves whenever I press down the clutch. I have no idea what is wrong I have even searched on here for over and hour. What do you guys think?

Drew

 

This has happend to me. It can be about 1 of 3 things.

1. Your Pilot bearing is toast and needs to be changed. This is somewhat common. Replace.

2. Your Clutch fork is bent or broken. Also somewhat common. Replace.

3. Your Clutch is done. Needs to be replaced. This is what happend to me. First manual car I owned and I didn't know better at the time.

 

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Bump.

 

Haha.

 

Time for a real man's clutch job.

 

same situtation with my friends car 3 weeks ago. Pulled the tranny and realized it was a crack fork. What ever it is, you're going to have to pull the tranny and clutch.