[s-cars] Need Help - Very Rough Shifting!

[Scott Thompson]

--
[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]

My 95 S6 has developed a problem over the last few weeks where it has becom=
e extremely difficult to shift when cold, and very notchy/difficult to shif=
t when warm.  The car is a 95, with 98k miles, stock engine.  Redline MT-90=
 changed in about 30k miles ago.  I noticed, as some other listers have, th=
at it was harder to shift when cold.  I had thought about swapping it back =
out for something else, but it was fine most of the time.  Now it is quite =
difficult to shift nearly all the time, in all gears but 5th.  Every so oft=
en it feels normal, but very infrequently.  When very cold (<40F), double c=
lutching is the only way to not require significant effort.  However, there=
 are no "grinding" noises, so presumably .

I has a mechanic friend drive the car, and he could feel that it was not sh=
ifting normally.  The best suggestion he had was the slave cylinder, as a s=
tart.  He also thought he could feel a little play in the throw out bearing=
, but not enough to worry about, or cause the symptoms I was experiencing.

I've had the car since 62k miles, and though I've bled the brakes multiple =
times, I did not know to bleed the clutch slave cylinder until a couple mon=
ths ago (courtesy of this list), and have not done it yet.

So I am going to bleed the brakes/slave cylinder this Saturday, but was won=
dering if there was and BTDT.  Any ideas what this might be?  Options I've =
though/stressed/paniced about:
-Bad brake fluid due to lack of bleeding slave cyl
-Slave cylinder bad
-Tranny shift linkage problem
-MT-90 needs to be changed for something else/replaced with fresh
-Clutch bad
-Tranny Bad (Yikes!)

Thanks!
-Scott (having a bad Audi gods month)
95 S6 (shifting poorly)
96 A4Q (needing thermostat - so getting TB service too)
87 4kq (needing suspension work to be ready for spring track season)




---------------------------------
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now