5spd getting hard to shift ??? WHAT NOW

[rbolten]

Have '99 3500 4x4 5spd. with 67,000 miles that is becoming very difficult to shift. Just Amsoiled it,but no help. Checked fluid level in slave cyl. -OK. Is this a bad clutch symptom, anyone experience similar problem?

 

[Joseph Donnelly]

Either clutch hydraulics or pilot bearing. Possibly clutch disk hub.

 

[DEZLPWR]

Mine too....

I also have a hard time shifting my 5spd into gear. Mine is mainly 3rd gear(very often) and sometimes 5th gear. I have 82,000mi on mine. See sig below... . What could be causing this? Fastcoolers are on the way from Piers along with 2 gallons of Syntorq from Standard Transmission. I'll see if they make any difference.

 

[mstephenson]

mine was hard to shift. it finally wouldn't shift into gear at all. that was in Dallas traffic pulling 8k. i went to put it into 4th and it wouldn't go. it wouldn't go into anything. had to coast off freeway.



the needle bearings in the pilot bearing had disintegrated.

 

[kchristopher]

Originally posted by mstephenson

the needle bearings in the pilot bearing had disintegrated.

This apparently is a common problem. Sam M. wrote about it in his column in the lates TDR mag.