Re: No gears (std.) - pls respond asap

[GTS91]

Hi All!

I have a corolla gt-s 91 and possibly a shift linkeage problem.

Here's what happened: I was going around a bend and as I was dropping from 3rd to 2nd (I don't have a short throw shifter so to move the stick 20 cm, I gotta do it quite fast and pull on that thing with truck-like feel) , I noticed that when I shifted... the accelerator pedal was revving the engine but car was slowing down - it was out of gear...

I pulled over.. tried shifting into any gear... no engagement.. no noise from tranny (which is what I'd expect if clutch crapped out on me or if pressure plate was loose). If I put into any gear... Engine revs freely without any noise... if I put in reverse.. I can hear the switch somewhere in the tranny.. but engine still revs freely - as if disconnected from tranny... I tried moving the shifter without using clutch - same thing...

I am thinking it is possibly problem with shift linkeage - any other suggestions???

Any help would be awesome


Thanks guys!!!

[GTS91]

Update: I just checked out the clutch release fork and the clutch release cylinder from outside the tranny. I noticed that the fork requires very little pressure to move back towards the clutch release cylinder and forward - with bare 3 fingers I can move them if I apply some pressure - kinda spongy... like something inside is jammed and release fork has no effect...

I heard release forks do not break often... again anything you can think of please drop me a line...

[GTS91]

it was fit snuggly in the pressure plate so couldn't hear it bang around... sounded out of gear..

Anyways new one should be here tomorrow.