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1998 Saturn SC1 manuel stick is hard to shift into 1st & 2nd gear

My 1998 Saturn SC series is a manuel stick and it shifts very, very hard into 1st and 2nd gears. Any thoughts.

  • Ian Summerfield
    Ian Summerfield Jul 01, 2010

    clutch not releasing?,if its cable clutch,is adjustment ok?can you put it in reverse?any oil in g/box?engine revs about 650?

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Try to double clutch the clutch pedal. How to double clutch; push the clutch in moving the stick to neutral, then release the clutch and then push it back in and shift into first or second gear. If it works then it is not the shift linkage and could be a clutch adjustment. First how far do you have to release the clutch pedal until the clutch plate starts to engage? If only an inch or so the clutch pedal needs to be adjusted, which is an easy fix (this is more common). The other possible problems could be the clutch plate, throwout bearing of syncros could be bad. If it is one of the previous problems double clutching should buy you some time.

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