Hard to get into gear

[tawheed]

Originally Posted by jaykay

I would think the torque reaction of a loose engine trans. assembly rotating about the axles would load up the transmission drive path in a way such that makes shifting harder. Perhaps this motion prevents the selected gear's synchro load...just a guess

Agreed, I meant moreso because I only have 52K kms or something, can it really go bad that quickly?? The owner before me was the type who never revved past 5k rpms..