On 22 Dec 2004 12:11:00 -0800, "N8N" > wrote:

||
||Tokay wrote:
||> I was just wondering if a few of you in here might be able to help me
||> with a problem.
||>
||> Lately, my car (93 Saturn manual) has become very difficult to shift.
||> It seems to stick just before it gets into gear. It doesn't grind, it
||> just requires a LOT of muscle. And it's mostly in 1st and 2nd gear.
||> It doesn't have this problem when the car is off; I can shift freely
||> when I'm parked. It's just when the engine's running.
||>
||> I'm thinking it might be a synchro issue, but I can't say for sure.
||I
||> have very little manual tranmission experience.
||>
||> Does anyone else have some experience with this? Or perhaps some tips
||> on how to diagnose the problem?
||>
||> Thanks in advance,
||> Tokay
||
||Sounds to me like your clutch is dragging. Check your clutch cable or
||hydraulics, as the case may be. Another poster suggested Redline which
||I also recommend, but I just have a feeling that cold fluid isn't your
||problem here - you didn't mention that the problem was temperature
||related.
||
||If it *is* temperature related, try the Redline - but also check out
||your clutch to make sure that that isn't the problem. If you
||rev-match, does the problem go away? I suspect that the extra force
||you are using is engaging the synchros harder and allowing you to
||shift, but making the synchros fight the input shaft isn't particularly
||good for their longevity.

After re-reading the original post, I have to agree.
A clue may be if the cltuch engages close to the bottom of it's travel. That
is, it "hooks up" just off the floorboard.
Texas Parts Guy