I've had my new 96 5 spd for about 3 days now. The guy I bought it from said the whole clutch/brake pedal assembly was replaced but it was somewhat hard to get into first gear and reverse. Then tonight I was drving home and shifting and felt a "pop" in the pedal. After that I could still shift, but second and third gear were harder to get into. Then when I got home I found it all but impossible to get into reverse, (I got it though) I looked at the pedal assembly and all seems well, but I do have about an inch and a half of pedal play. I can't recall if it was like that before the "pop" though. Any ideas guys?

 

maybe the bushing is toast... or check the silver thing(splines and goes onto shaft) that the rod goes onto.. maybe it stripped... this happened to another guy a while back over at tds..

both parts are cheap around 10 for splined silver thing and less for bushing(there is also a premanent fix sold on ebay) heim joint for about $45 provided that is the problem... i guess you could of bent your clutch fork also.. take a look at it.. let us know what you find.