Hard Going Into Gear

[StephenDelany]

I get this condition every so often during the day where it gets very tough to get the NV-4500 to shift from nuetral into 2nd Gear to pull away from a stop. I have got the clutch all the way down and it is a real bear to pull it back into the gate.

There is no grinding of gears or extra transmission noise while I am shifting or driving around.

The sure fix for it at the light or stop sign is to put the cluth in as normal and push the shift lever into 1st or 3rd to "line things up" and then come back into 2nd for the take-off. when I have to do this it goes into the 2nd gear gate like silk.

fluid levels are checked often.

I sure hope it is just some PIA adjustment to the shifting mechanism and not something inside that Toyota In-Line 4 block sized transmission casing!

Any Ideas???



Thanks As Always for the input... .

 

[Alan Reagan]

It probably is an allignment problem. Try letting the truck roll a little or engaging/disengaging the clutch to move the gears a little and see if that helps. My six speed will do the same thing occasionally and if I let the truck move just a little, it will allign itself and go into gear.

 

[monkfarm]

I had the same problem on a trip recently where it was hard to get into any gear. I don't know if that was the same problem or not. I've had it a little difficult before like what alan is saying you just put it in reverse. I recently posted a thread about it, and about 10 people replied with a lot of different inputs. One person replied he had the problem for 4 days, then it went away, and hasn't had it happen for 100,000 miles

 

[DennyDay]

Hard to get in gear

Probably the clutch. Plate may be warped a little, and won't release. Check slave system first. You didn't say how many miles, but this happened to my '99 w/30k miles on a new clutch. Won't bore you with the details of why I needed a new clutch at 60k miles, but those are the places to start. My bet is the clutch.



Denny

 

[Mojo293]

Mine did the same thing after the the Centerforce was put in. Started out wouldn't go in fifth, then reverse. I popped the top off the transmission and the oil was full of metal, this was at about 30,000 miles. Completely replaced with a new NV4500. I could then get it in all gears. 40,000 miles on this transmission and it still goes in all the gears, just not as smooth as before the Centerforce (Bombing). No more parts in the oil though, I would agree with it probably being your clutch. Good Luck.