I made this thread so I won't clutter up the rambling thread this is a response towards Clint and Sam. I ended up getting the car towed for a little small fee cough 20 cough. Before I had any issues like right now everything was working fine except the TOB. Tranny shifted great no grinds no hesitation no nothing. This is how it all went down and what actually happened. I was leaving my job and when I was coming to a stop I pulled out from fourth and felt a little vibration I'm like wtf. So light turns green I try going into first nothing and nothing with the other gears. I tried second it went in and I started moving the car in second until the next stop light. I tried again but this time nothing worked. A couple of previous days I started feeling something weird when I would push in the clutch pedal. Like a sponge type feeling so I'm like oh shit TOB. So anyways after the officer helped me push my car to a side street I started messing with the car. First I turned off the car and all the gears go in fine and smoothly. I turned the car on and tried putting it into gear but I noticed the rpms would begin to drop like the car wanted to die but none of the gears wanted to go in. I tried starting the car in gear in first with the clutch pedal in but the car moved forward. I was running out of ideas so I called a few people for advice but nothing lol. I called Jaimer since he's the closest one in LA and he came through. I had him turn on the car and I kept my eye on the fork. I saw the fork dancing around I'm like wtf so I had him push in the clutch and it was still dancing around in like wtf. So then I pushed the slave rod in and I can move the fork around and of I twist the fork it moves but this lead me to believe that stupidass ACT TOB took a shit and wasn't letting the clutch disengage to let the gears go in. Any ideas on what it could be or am I right. There's plenty of redline fluid in the tranny. There's also plenty of fluid in the clutch reservoir.

Was it Tapping or clicking when it was idling? Or was it quiet? ((I have a possibly similar problem but I don't want to jack your thread going over my problem XD))

drop the trans, ur gonna have to either way.

Either the TOB pin got installed wrong and or took a shit ,. That and most likely the fork and ball are busted.. I had the same thing happen to me on one of my 1gs .. Regardless your gonna have to drop the trans.

TOB pin???? You mean the actual TOB?? It wasn't installed wrong I used a little amount of grease nothing to serious. In thinking the TOB sleeve gave out since when I move the fork around I can hear that noise it makes when you pull something out that's been covered with grease that sticky sounding noise.

Thats pin... It "could" been installed wrong, and popped off,.. In my case the fork and ball were worn out ,. Only way to put it in gear was with the car off.. But yeah just my .02

this is going to be funny i thought the TOB was fucked up but guess what happened........... PICS!!!!!





The top right of the flywheel was where the fingers broke right where all that stuff is on the mating surface of the flywheel.

Gyah! What year is that pressure plate O.o

Scary

warranty that thing. its still nice and bright yellow.