Hey everyone,
For those that don't know, I have a GD5 Manual transmission Jazz which is in need of a new clutch.
Over the past 6 weeks, I have been driving and noticed that my gear stick tends to rock back and forth in 4th gear. It's fine when constantly accelerating or driving at steady RPM however when there is no input (such as coming off the accelerator) the gear stick seems to rock, it can be quite loud and if coming from a high speed say 50-60mph it can feel quite violent. I have taken it to a garage and they said it could be either the bushing underneath the gear stick, the synchromeshes or a bearing fault so not much to narrow down to.
I do have a separate issue, whether it ties into this I really couldn't say, when I travel in 3rd gear and let off the accelerator, often times the gear stick will jump out of gear and go into neutral. I don't have any issues going up into 3rd gear from 2nd but sometimes its difficult to get into it from 4th gear and sometimes grinds when releasing the clutch pedal.
I thought I would come to you guys, see if anyone has/had this issue and can point me to a more directed route.
My mechanical knowledge doesn't stretch towards transmission however I know that the clutch bearing is on its way so I will replace that soon. Any help will be greatly appreciated as I don't have the money to go and explore every option the garage has thrown at me on a "we think" basis.