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Old 01-23-2011 | 12:56 PM
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Transmission help

Ok, this morning when I was at a stop light I had the car in first and my clutch all the way in. My car started moving forward like an automatic when your foot is off the brake.

It's been quite hard to get into gear, I was wondering if anyone else has ha this problem.

I am going o be changing the tranny an diff fluids tomorrow
Old 01-23-2011 | 01:01 PM
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Check the clutch petal.......the bracket could be on it's way out...

look for a leak in the slave or master as well....
Old 01-23-2011 | 01:31 PM
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Awesome, will do! Do you think that it could have anything to do with the throttle bearring?
Old 01-23-2011 | 02:20 PM
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Awesome, will do! Do you think that it could have anything to do with the throttle bearring?
Do you mean Throw-Out Bearing?
Old 01-23-2011 | 02:34 PM
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I believe that is the one
Old 01-23-2011 | 02:49 PM
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I had the same problem in my Ford Ranger and was told it was a common problem for those
when the slave cylinder starts to go bad. My symptoms were that it's REALLY hard to get into
gear while stationary, but as soon as the output shaft is moving, it shifts fine. Don't know if
this applies to the 8 or not, but I thought I'd share.
Old 01-23-2011 | 04:03 PM
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after some investigating under the steering wheel... i discovered that my cluth pedal was snapped in half... AWESOME!
Old 01-23-2011 | 06:39 PM
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It's covered under warranty Take it to the dealer...then put a bracket on it to stiffen it up...and/or get it welded
Old 01-23-2011 | 06:51 PM
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Warranty if he is under 100k miles.
We know he's under the 8 year limit.
Old 01-23-2011 | 09:28 PM
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im only at 78000 =] so im good to go =] do they usually have them readily avaliable or will i have to wait a few days? im going to call mazda tomorrow
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