There are only two cables connected from the shifter to the transmission. One cable moves the gear selector forward and back, the other moves the gear selector left and right.2004pontvbgt6spd wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 10:50 am you guys sound like you know what you're talking about. Single woman working on her car.. my ex husband worked on the cars and I know a little bit about the clutch.
2004 Pontiac vibe GT 6-speed manual transmission. It's on jack stands front tires are up, front wheel drive. Scenario: without touching the clutch pedal I can go from reverse to first through 4th. In any of those gears I can get the RPMs up to 7,000 rpm then I have to engage the clutch to get into 5th and 6th gear. TIA for any information. Is there a separate cable for 5th and 6th gear haven't really looked at it. While it's running I cannot shift it from underneath but I can from the shifter inside. Well in cure or out of gear the tires turn freely the left side is really tight.
Do you have a mechanic you trust to work on a car? I think you should have an expert look at this. It sounds like you have a problem with the clutch, master cylinder, or the shift forks.2004pontvbgt6spd wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 5:20 pm I wasn't initially. When this all happened I was on the road trying to get out of the way of traffic. Trying to shift it and it was doing the same thing in every gear. I got it parked and tried to get it to go and realized what was going on because it would only move at a high RPM. When I got it home I realized it didn't matter what year I was trying to get in the clutch was of no importance until I got to 5th and 6th gear at 7,000 RPMs it would let me use the clutch to shift into it.