camP95
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- Vehicle Year
- 1995
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- ford ranger
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- Manual
Hey guys. I rebuilt my m5r1 about 9 months ago due to 2nd gear grinding when downshifting and updhifting hard. I just recently went on a road trip and it is now super hard to shift. It was making a grinding noise when i pushed the clutch in but that is now gone. The clutch is fully disengaging im sure. It is very hard to get it into first gear from neutral and it will hesitantly go into second when upshifting. Reverse is easy to shift into but that is the only gear that isnt very stiff. Im thinking it has to be either the slave bearing or the input shaft bearing is worn out and wont allow the syncros to work properly. I also replaced the clutch with aluk clutch kit from rock auto. I have a habit of always putting it in neutral when at stoplights which should prevent wear of both those bearing as far as i can see. Any insight would be appreciated. Ps it wont downshift into second at all now even if i yank on the shifter hard. Thanks.