My 2002 kia Rio is becoming hard to put into 1st ,clutch seems fine and other gears are fine. Finding that it is grinding in some gears???? Can any one help.

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before trying any of the costly repairs, try bleeding out the clutch slave cylinder, sounds like your clutch is not fully disengaging and there may be air in the clutch hydrolic lines.

Ronny Bennett Sr.

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• Posted on Apr 07, 2010

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Have the wheel bearing checked,and the fluid level in the transmission.

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I have the same car, the only solution to this problem is to tighten the clutch cable nut just as necessary until you feel that you are able to shift smoothly without forcing it, make sure you start the car to test for that.

You might have to remove the air intake in order to access the clutch cable.

If you tighten the nut too much, your clutch will feel light and you will have clutch slips. So basically keep trying until you're there. You can loosen or tighten the nut while the car is running, I'd recommend.

Source: Experience.

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your clutch wheel is completely burnt out do not try to drive your car anymore if you do you will damage the fly wheel. if you have the experience you can order a clutch kit that comes with clutch wheel pressure plate and throwout bearing and install it yourself. if not then it is a very difficult job and you will need to have it worked on in an auto shop. for info and repairs for your car go to autozone.com sign up its free then click on repair manuals you will find all of your info there....good luck

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check the fluid in the reservoir for the clutches slave cylinder
If low add fluid and pump the clutch 25 times before starting up the engine. It should shift great after the pumping proceedure. If not the slave cylinder is at fault