[julesvreug]

Good to see this thread is active, had this issue for a number of years.

Just another thought I replaced my trans mount which improved the change of gears quite a bit.

But still when engine warms up gears are hard to engange at times so something is defenatly sticking.

A few years ago the gears where always getting stuck couldnt change into first or reverse and had to turn of the motor and start it in first gear with clutch depressed to get moving. This was defiantly the clutch, had that replaced but still the gears where hard to change. Master and slave cylinder was replaced too.

Gears are randomly hard to change, sometimes it goes in effortlessly other times i feel like im going to break something the amount of force that is needed to get it in gear.

Pedal only needs to be around half a centimeter of the firewall before the clutch is engaged and thats with the clutch pedal adjusted all the way out.

I guess the clutch wasn't done properly in the first place eg not cleaned and lubed. The fork was replaced though which was good.

 

[julesvreug]

Its now the 3rd day after changing my transmission mount, and gears are alot easier to change also pedal feel is a fair bit softer than what it was before and the squeak is gone when press the clutch.

I gather the transmission wasn't been lubricated properly and unballanced eg all the oil going to the prop shaft end of the transmission.

I gather my trans mount would of failed at around 120,000km cost around $50 for a new one and took around 30min to install.

You can see how stuffed it is by putting a jack under the trans, if it moves up and down way to freely its most likely the rubber on the mount has gone soft.

Engine mounts was done at 100,000k and replaced with solid rubber ones. The suzuki Oil Hydrolic ones fail way to quickly, they are mainly to reduce viabrations and engine noise, but really i cant tell the difference with the solid rubber mounts and by far cheaper at $65 each compared to $350each what suzuki wanted for them. Front mounts are also very easy to change, just make sure you support the engine with a few jacks before removing them