i have a 2005 coupe manual transmission with some 65.000 miles. it was running smooth when shifting, until recently. now it became sort of little hard. takes more effort. feels as dragging. otherwise shifts gear well.
a year ago replaced hoses with stainless steel covering and did the bleeding and all went fine. also changed transmission oil to specs.
checking the linkage learned that there is play in part #13 but dont know if it is as expected. could this be the reason? is this part available and how much and how easy to replace?
am posting drawing to show which it is. (the arrow has nothing to do with it. it just was at the drawing that i found).
i hope some1 can provide info on how to change it, or if there is any advice on the subject. or links.
i have searched but havent found anything about this.
thanks.
an update: eventually i learned that it was the wrong oil that created the problem. see details at the last post.

 

managed to find the page on the shop manual where it describes the mechanism. the text says:
"The floor shift (2) is connected to the transmission by a coupling module (13) and supported on the body tunnel so
that it can move via a swivel lever (3). This prevents transmission of vibrations and noise to the floor shift and to the
tunnel by means of rubber mounts on the coupling rod, shift rod and the two swivel levers. The selector movement
is transmitted from the shift lever to the inner shift module (12) in the transmission by the selector cable (4) and the
shift movement is transmitted by the shift rod (1). Both transmission components are maintenance-free."
wonder what that "maintenance free" means? for how long?
at least now i know the name of some parts. but still dont know which 1 wears out more so i can search for it.

 

this pic shows some levers that connect somewhere. so far havent found a link that lets me know where. still need to learn which, these, or the others up can contribute to the rough feeling.
i hope some1 knows this. i still think that are the parts up there that are too lose.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2004-2005-2...ake%3AChrysler

 

i believe that is not the mechanism, and am beginning to think that it could be related particularly to the gears, and not the clutch. no oil leaks. and changing gears was good, smooth in all gears since i bought it. later changed oil to specs, synthetic, and it even improved.. ..but suddenly 1 day was when trying to change, it got stiff. particularly the 2nd. rough feeling, had to put some effort-that did not happen before. and the other gears are also stiff, although not as much as the 2nd. warm or cold.
it has not got worse, but want to learn what is going on, and see what can i do.

 

just found here this: https://www.yourmechanic.com/questio...-move-by-sue-b
"When a shifter becomes hard to move, it is usually the interlock cable. AKA,shift cable. This cable slides in a housing and connects directly to the transmission. When this cables becomes worn, it gets hard to move inside the housing. There is also a shift lever assembly, which is what you are grabbing when you move your car in and out of gear. Both of these are the main culprits with hard to move shifters. "

will try to find it in mercedes forums.

 

not so easy....

 

I think your last post refers to autos.

 

right. thanks.

 

in post #5 is mentioned that most likely is the interlock cable, but is no longer available in crossfire warehouses.
have been trying to find it with european parts but no luck.
but if our car is based on the slk320, and there were over 33,000 made, why is not available?
The following are production figures for the R170 SLK:
SLK 320: 33,416

Total 311,222

 

but still checked the mechanism where the lever slides and feels rough. will lube the parts and see how it goes. i hope this takes care of it.
or perhaps just taking it to rustproofing and see? for years when doing it i have noticed a great improvement in everything in my cars so will try and tell.
update: had it rustproofed but no difference. still had to do so didnt mean any special effort.

 

at this thread-post 11-he talks about a shifter cable that was loose and when attached the problem was corrected.
wonder where is that cable?

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...-2nd-gear.html
or is the same as the selector cable (#4 in the diagram?)
i see no other. but, how could it be loose?

 

well, what do you know? this spring got my car out of hibernation and the 1st thing that happened is that now 2nd gear is ROUGH!
before, 4 months ago was not like this. just a little bit but now is bad. and the rest of the gears are not as smooth as used to be.
took to the shop and they drove it and said that need to check more thoroughly. lets see what happens.

 

another thing that now checked is that when changing gears from first to sixth (engine not running-key out) is that 6th does not engage. of course, clutch pedal is not touched either. wonder if some1 has faced this?

 

so still the problem remains...

 

Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want or is it Experience is a great teacher but it just costs so much.

Somehow I’m not surprised. At least we know who installed the incorrect oil that caused the failure.
Expensive mistake but I’m sure you will not be repeating it anytime again soon

But then again…..

(remember I’m on your ignore list)

 

eventually they learned that several gears are damaged and had to replace the whole transmission.
i went into details in another thread. please follow up there: https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...on-beware.html

 

Phil
Please tell us again

Exactly, how did the gears get damaged? What did YOU do to cause the failure.

I’m sure all of us would like to know how much $$$ this error set you back

What did you learn by your experience that caused your manual transmission to fail. We all know what the Owners manual stated, you’ve mentioned it across 4 separate threads but, WHAT DID YOU LEARN!!!!!!

what wisdom other than we should NOT repeat what you did, should we take away from your expensive transmission fail.

The forum has been around for a long time and this is the first self inflicted transmission post that I’ve read.

Please share the details associated with the cost of repairs so that we can all be aware of the cost associated with not knowing what you’re doing. You post a lot so sharing should not be of concern to you.

 

Every time I see a post by PA I am reminded of those three words uttered by Robin Williams in his description of golf, “For **** sake”.

 

My theory:
There was no failure. This is all fabricated to have something to post about.

I've theorized that for a long time....

 

My phrase is, "Here we go again."