Manual Transmission Failed Options

[tomazws]

When I got home today, I wanted to reverse park into my stall. I was successfully put into R, but when I slowly release the clutch, the gears grind. Instantly, I stomped on the clutch. Put the gear back into neutral, shifted it back into R, slowly release the clutch, and it grind again. I stepped on the clutch again, put it back into N, and let go of the clutch.

Since I was kinda freaked about going reverse, I wanted to see if I could go forward. Clutch in, gear to 1st, slipped right in with no problem. Slowly I let go of the clutch like I always do, car started shaking! I don't think the engine was chocking since RPM was still hanging at around 1K RPM. Tried several times, clutch was only let go a tiny bit, but something in the engine bay shake like crazy. Eventually, I started smelling the fly wheel burnt cuz I've been just sitting there playing with the clutch. Since I wasn't able to make the car go at 1~1.5K RPM, with no one around to help, I simply just gas it to around 2K, slowly let go of clutch, car slowly go with engine bay shaking like crazy. Gassed it to 2.5K, car really started moving a bit faster, immediately I steered into a parking stall, and yeah.

I don't think I can make it back to the street.


May I ask, all y'all 6gc fellows out there, am I due for a transmission replacement? Or is it just some simple fixes?

[airfron]

Sounds like the clutch to me too

do you feel confident doing that much work yourself? if not you should definitely take the car to a transmission repair shop and let them do it. and while they are replacing the clutch,pressure plate, and throw out bearing as well as getting the flywheel resurfaced, the rear main seal on the engine should be looked at too since you don't get in there often and the car is 11 years old. something else to look at are the inner axle shaft seals on the transmission might, they need to be replaced as well.

It's kind of a pain dropping the tranny out by yourself. i just dropped it down on my chest with one arm and using the other to wiggle the thing off the crankshaft, it only weighs about 75lbs. i wouldnt reccomend that technique either . It took me about 1hr 45 min to pull the whole thing out. Took a lot longer to go back in though.

Personally i would of rather paid someone to do it or had someone at least help but i had no other option. I had to replace the whole transmission due to the popout i kept getting in 5th gear. So replacing the clutch was kind of a bonus for me.

If you are mechanically inclined and have some good help from friends or family i'd suggest that you do it yourself, otherwise take it to someone who does it for a living.