help hj60 5 speed problems

[dybes]

i have just finished putting my gearbox back together after i sheared a few teeth off the input shaft and now when i drive up the street it feels like the clutch isn't completely releasing and won't allow me to change into second but the clutch pedal feels good and it has a fair bit of travel and has free play when released... if i screw round with the shifter for a bit i can get third then 4th is ok but fifth is a little tricky too. i can get second when i down shift just fine...

does anyone have any idea whats going on???

[dumbdunce]

sounds a lot like you hung the gearbox off the input shaft while installing and bend the clutch plate.

[dybes]

it seems to be clutch related i replaced the slave cylinder today and it seems better but we didnt hang the box while putting it in we basically picked it up slid it in then put the hoists trans jack under it while holding the box (5 blokes)..

[dumbdunce]

hmm could be the clutch hydraulics as you say, sometimes they are borderlines and the extra force of a new pressure plate pushes them over the edge. could also be not enough grease on the input shaft spline or bent/damaged release fork, hopufully you nailed it with the hydraulics.

cheers

[dybes]

nope still no good took it for a fair drive and its just no good...

with the car on a flat and at a stand still if i keep the clutch pedal depressed and try to put the car into gear you can feel the gearbox move as tho the clutch is still partially engaged...
i guess its gearbox back out then...???

[nads]

sounds like it. was the clutch new? you might have misaligned it removing or reinstalling the box. I've done that before and seen a perfectly good clutch ruined.