99_CL_girl

I been noticing that when I shift to 1st & 2nd gear my shifter feels like its getting stuck. It hard to put it in theose gears, but the rest are fine. I just replaced the clutch not even a year ago. Any ideas on what it could be??

and i already tried searching the web for answers & came up short handed.

ayougo

why dont i come over and ill help you shift the stick for you. I have one that is silky smooth We can work out the sticky later on















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But if its sticking, it may be your sincros. If there off, its often hard to get into gear. I would also recommend lubricating the moving parts in the system as well. ALthough changing your tranny oil may not do much, its good to do that as well.

saiko_cl_duck

yeah, it could be synchros, and definitly lube everything up

wilp99

no... the syncro's would be a grinding problem.. the forks are what align the gears.. you may need a new clutch again.. if you used a cheap clutch. could also be a weak slave cylinder.. theyre only 30$ for a new one, and you can install it and bleed it down in like 30 min. if the slave cyl is worn it wont disengage the clutch all the way, and make it feel like a slipping clutch.. but i do agree , maybee change the gear oil, to be alittle thicker. 80w90.. is perfect, and will lube the inside pretty good.

ayougo

word, if your pedal pressure is shity its probley your slave. I had to replace mine not to long ago and it helped out a good bit. make sure nothings bent under the console as well. ( rods ) i had this issue when i got the car. Be sure to make sure,..nothings interfering with the shifter itself too.

99_CL_girl

I bought the stock clutch kit that acura suggested. Someone said to take the boot off & see that everything is screwed in tight. I wouldnt say it feels like its slipping though. Just feels like the shifter is getting caught up on something.

But by gear oil do you mean tranmission fluid? The acura mechanics told me that the 99 2.3 cl takes brake fluid.

99_CL_girl

my pedal feels fine. But I will check the other shit.

rajin_2.3cl

hmm i've noticed mine feels like that too

when i just pull down the shifter from 1st to 2nd, when it gets halfway it feels like it stops and i gotta kinda move it around a bit and throw it down into 2nd

agranado

check all the fluids? Clutch and shifting can feel weird if fluids are low maybe...

jdalton

i just experienced this today as well. i had to force all the gears in and my clutch pedal keeps sticking as well. could this be the slave cylinder as well? i sure hope so bc i really dont want to replace a clutch- $$$$ that i dont have. :shakehead

asianspec

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Yea, im havin a similar problem and sometimes i have to shove the sonuvabitch in there! I hate it when im at the light and im in neutral and i can't get it into first when the light is green.

Bigpimpin18

dude I had this same problem, it was my clutch slave cylinder.

teh CL

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when i shift my clutch only comes up about half way and it feels mushy as hell

is this my slave cyclinder too

JORTS

i just started to notice this same problem....and i just got a new clutch put on about 3-4 months ago


if its the clutch slave cylinder like some of you said, is that a big fix/expensive...

starboy2nv

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had the same prob with the old cL... changed the master and slave cylinder and the car drove like brand new...

asianspec

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how much did that run you?

rajin_2.3cl

so I finally got around to changing my clutch master and flushing the fluid....shit that stuff was dirty as hell LOL

car shifted noticably smoother, better clutch feel

next mission tomorrow is to change my manual tranny fluid

previous owner did nothing put change oil, put gas in it and drove so time to get caught up on all the maintenence