Tranny help..what could the issue be?

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Well first off, I have a 98 m5.

Sometimes I get issues hitting first gear from a stop. I get a shift wall that won't let me go straight to first. If I row through the rest of the gears once or twice, I can usually get to first pretty easily.

I also have issues hitting reverse. It's grinds (loudly as that) at random times. I tend to put it in reverse before starting up to avoid that. I also have the shift wall problem at random times for reverse.

I dont have any problems at all shifting from a roll.

Ideas/suggestions?

[stasis-]

Re: Tranny help..what could the issue be?

also, when the car is off and clutch is in, moving the shifter around i sometimes get the same wall in first and reverse. only diff with reverse is the gear will grind if the car is on. It feels the same as trying to shift into a lower gear when your rpm's are too high and the synchros stop it.

could it be my clutch not fully engaging

[Tech]

Re: Tranny help..what could the issue be?

I think the reverse is standard for our cars, before putting it in reverse I just go into 2nd or 4th and then to reverse...never grinds =). I have the same "wall" going into first I just have to force it into 2nd a few times then up to 1st and it works fine. I know the clutch/tranny is getting tired though because this just started about a month ago.