Rav 4 manual transmission wont go into gears after startup

1996 TOYOTA RAV4
166,000 MILES
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DAH BUD
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1996 manual transmission rav 4, starts ok but won't go to 1st gear, has to be shut down then placed in gear, after vehicle moves off additional gears are stiff n hard to go into.
Mar 4, 2012 at 8:10 PM
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DRCRANKNWRENCH
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You could either have a problem with the input shaft or the synchronizers need replacing.
Mar 4, 2012 at 8:20 PM
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DAH BUD
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thanks pretty much what they told me, more than likely the synchronizers are bad, hopefully it's not all of them, generally I only had the problem with 1st gear, but now it seems to have been getting to the others as well, hope it's not serious
Mar 4, 2012 at 9:34 PM
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KHLOW2008
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I would suspect the clutch disk is not returning rather than internal. The other thing that can cause such symptoms would be a seized pilot bearing for the clutch shaft. This would keep the clutch shaft turning even when the clutch is depressed.

I have yet to come across a transmission that have all gear synchronizers going bad.
Mar 5, 2012 at 5:36 AM
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