This really isn't a *problem*, but I find from time to time....after sitting at a stop light, I have a hell of a time getting into 1st! (I ususally let it sit in Neutral, if I'm gonna *sit* for a while). I try to shift into second then back to 1st, but it takes several attempts to get it to go in. As I said, only happens once in a while, but it's frustrating and people behind me go WTF!!! Any thoughts?

 

I get the same but its better with a TWM short shifter right now but still I have to force it to get the gear in ... if i dont do that I just kill the car or here my tranny doing scrach...

 

If I have trouble I slide in to second then first it seems to help.

 

I have always thought my gears felt weird... like sometimes won't go in all the way, stuff like that... I just thought i'd wait to see if when I got Short shifter maybe something would change.

 

even the manual says to put it in 2nd then 1st

 

I have this prob..... lift the lever up on the shifter when this hapens. It should fix it, I think.

 

^^ Ima try this... cuz I got this prablem sometimes... an sometimes for reverse(which gets a lil embarasssin sometimes btw) I know its not the transmission, I jus had a new one put in at the end of oct for freeeeeeeeeee lol

So am I jus drivin rough or wat??

 

Lol.. check to see if all the.bubbes are out of the clutch in as well.

 

....wait wat? lol

 

Never tried that...thanks.

 

^interesting will have to try that

 

The GenuineSaab or TWM metal shifter bushings help.

A buddy and I both installed some a while back and it not only improved the shift feel but reduced this problem to where it almost never happens.

 

Just double clutch it. Works for me when it hapens.

 

i get this putting it into reverse sometimes. just let off the clutch and try it again. always works for me.

 

try checking the cables.

Noticed after i get my new clutch the cables we're too tight..

 

I have this problem too. I dont know why. It must be a cobalt thing.

 

flip it to 2nd and back like has been said

 

this happens to me once and a while to, shift to second then to first, fixes it each time.