My 1999 Dodge 3/4 Ton Truck Has A 5 Speed Standard Transmission To Go With Its Cummins Diesel And Has About 150,000 Miles On The Factory Clutch. It Has Started To Be Hard To Get Into Reverse (reverse Only). I Usually Put It Into Drive And Pull Forward A Few Inches And Then Shift Back Into Reverse With No Problems. After Traveling In Reverse, The Transmission Shifts Back Into A Forward Gear Just Fine.

Is This The Clutch Going Out Or The Slave Cylinder Getting Weak?

ok....try this....start the truck and push the clutch in....wait about 9-10 sec. and try to put it in reverse, if it grinds any at all ur clutch isnt releasing right and its prolly time for a new one snce u said u have 150,000 on the original one. Reason this has to be reverse is cuz u have syncros in all the forward gears and they stop everything making gear changes easy, reverse is unsychronized so this will tell u if ur clutch is releasing fully. and even if it was ur slave cyl....if i was gonna put a new one on, i would change the clutch anyways because after 150grand, ur pressure plate is probly pretty weak and disk fairly worn

ok....try this....start the truck and push the clutch in....wait about 9-10 sec. and try to put it in reverse, if it grinds any at all ur clutch isnt releasing right and its prolly time for a new one snce u said u have 150,000 on the original one. Reason this has to be reverse is cuz u have syncros in all the forward gears and they stop everything making gear changes easy, reverse is unsychronized so this will tell u if ur clutch is releasing fully. and even if it was ur slave cyl....if i was gonna put a new one on, i would change the clutch anyways because after 150grand, ur pressure plate is probly pretty weak and disk fairly worn


THANKS FOR THE HELP.
I FELT LIKE IT WAS THE CLUTCH BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE ON THE TRUCK, BUT A FRIEND OF MINE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THE SLAVE CYLINDER SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GET ANOTHER OPINION.