Do you have these shifting difficulties when the engine is turned off?
If so, it is likely NOT the pilot bearing. The pilot bearing seizing the
input shaft will make shifting from neutral very hard to do with the
engine running as there will be a gross mismatch of gear set speed. A
grinding sound will come from the spinning gear trying to engage with
the stationary gear. This of course assumes a stationary vehicle.

Mark

> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, David Priemer wrote:
>
> > I need to find a 12-point star tool to remove the CV/Drive shaft from the
> > tranny so I can remove the tranny and see if my (what use to be shifting
> > problem) is the pilot bearing or not. Anybody know where I can get one?
> > I can get it in 1st and 2nd and reverse only. Very hard to get it back out of
> > reverse. Sometime 1st and 2nd move easy other times not. Sometime the van
> > rolls easy (in nuetral) and other times not. Clutch appears to disengage
> > properly.
>