[jakegday]

does it actually make the grinding noise, or does it just feel like it should be grinding at that particular moment??
before it kinda sounded like shift cables, now that you said what you just said, it makes me think even more that it is indeed your shift cables, you CAN do it yourself if you want, but once i saw/read all the bullshit involved i was more then happy to pay a shop $300 to do it on a 110 degree summer day,
do you ever "abuse" the car?? the shop asked me the same thing, cuz that is generally what causes them to go out, i had only had the car for like 4-5000 miles so i was left to assume the previous owner beat the shit out of it,