yea, i recently been driving a manual oz, its been like a month i ve been driving ,i noticed that when i shift form 1-2 gear the stick is a bit hard to move , but from 2 gear up its smooth l, is this common or someting might be wrong. no modds have been done to it.

 

I thnk it's common ..... Mitsu trans. Maybe it's time to change your gear oil.

 

If you get any kind of short shifter or, moreso, firmer shifter bushings, you'll probably notice this even more. Changing the gear oil helped smooth out my shifts a lot.

 

Yeah, pretty common problem, if you look you can find several similar posts on this topic. Good luck.

 

Very common. You get used to it. After upgrading everything, my shifter is so firm that the fiancee can't even get it in reverse.

 

Yup, mine sometimes does it from 1-2 and 3-4.. early on when I was first learning to drive a stick I would always miss 4th because it never would go in. lol. Now I just slam 2nd and 4th a little harder and it loosened up a bit. Never had a problem with reverse though, smooth as butter. I just ordered a short shifter with the bushings from RRM.. I'm sick of the long throw John Deere tractor shifting.

 

hey i drive an auto, and i was talkin to one of my friends about going from autotragic to manual, how much would that be $$$??

 

I don't have an OZ, but I know when it's cold, it's harder to shift. And I think right around 3-4k rpm's for the evo the shifter practically jumps out of the gate, it's so smooth. But sometimes it does become hard.

 

It would be cheaper to buy a new lancer in a manual. It has been discussed to death before.

 

its good to know its common, i was scared that sometin might be wrong, thanks for info

 

Put BG synchroshift in, it makes it smooth as a babies bottom.

 

yeah I find 3rd to be notchy

 

I am finding recently after 3 yrs that it is having more resistance going in to 2nd and 4th and the gear oil has been changed not too long ago....my shifter is stock...speaking of shifters what do u all reccomend for upgrades??

 

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I recall reading that if you swap out the shifter, its a good idea to relube everything every once in a while. Even though you're stock, maybe its time to bust out the grease?

edit, right, your other question.. I went with the ebay short shifter and I installed all the Kartboy bushings at the same time. My gearbox shifts like a **** now, and its probably more due to the bushings than the shifter. People will swear up and down that the B&M is the only way to go, and others still will say that the ebay one is just as good.

Either way, get the bushings, too, and you'll be a happy person