Not to be pointing a finger at anyone but we have cured many shifting problems by teaching the owner how to shift. You ABSOLUTELY CANNOT push the shifter at an ANGLE from 1st to 2nd. The best way to help remember this is to put the palm of you hand on the underside of the shifter knob and curl your fingers back toward you over the top of the knob. This will help move the lever straight up toward reverse, drop forward(down) in the neutral gate and then straight up into second. This does not solve any wear problems but has solved a lot of shifting problems
