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07-14-2012, 04:43 PM

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Try pumping the clutch rapidly a few times using full strokes before attempting to shift into gear and see if there is any difference.

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07-16-2012, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Nine11

Update:

Thanks for the suggestions so far. I have had the clutch bled and the symptoms are somewhat there still. The car on start up and for the first 1/2 hour, the transmission goes into every gear smoothly. However, after driving for a bit, 1st gear gets progressively more difficult to engage. Shifting to 2nd, 3rd etc while in motion is a non issue. It's when sitting at a light or a stop sign and trying to engage 1st.

Must be a canadian thing, I have the same problem. As the driveline gets hot the disengagement point get closer to the floor and clutch seems to drag when fully depressed....pedal feel seems heavier as well. I have new master/slave/line/fluid(3 flushes with power bleeder and new ATE blue) and no change. Could the moving parts in the clutch assembly be binding as the car heats up? I have 25-30k miles and 10-15 DE days on the car.

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