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NYC_SKP

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1. I'm not a Saturn owner, but I've changed out clutches and rebuilt a transmission once.

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 09:36 PM

Oct 2014

This sounds like a busted syncro gear more than a clutch or maybe I'm misunderstanding the symptoms.

Is there always resistance or just sometimes?

Is the problem that the gear grind or just resistance.

Shift linkages might need adjustment or lubrication or might have play and need new small parts, and/or the clutch might need adjustment. These are cheap and easy fixes.

Was it a gradual problem or did it occur all at once?

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And suddenly, I can't shift into first with my '97 Saturn SL2. [View all] intheflow Oct 2014 OP

I'm not a Saturn owner, but I've changed out clutches and rebuilt a transmission once. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author intheflow Oct 2014 #2

I seems like it happened pretty suddenly. intheflow Oct 2014 #3

Typically, we go into first gear only when we are at a full stop, from neutral. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #4

Thanks, Skip. intheflow Oct 2014 #7

You're welcome! As I said, and others, it could be the syncromesh gears but I'd check the linkage. NYC_SKP Oct 2014 #9

What happens if you shift into neutral and then into first? Make7 Oct 2014 #5

Yes, that's how I drove home tonight. n/t intheflow Oct 2014 #8

same thing with mazda truck wharf rat Oct 2014 #6

One of the things my bf and I are talking about is intheflow Oct 2014 #10