no grinding at all, any gear anytime. infact if I put it in 1st just before I come to a compleet stop it slides right in, but I can't sit at a light for 2 minutes holding the clutch in, I cut my left ankle half way off in a motorcycle accident when I wore a younger mans clothes many moons ago and threres not much muscle there. Besides I always thought it was bad for the clutch to sit holding it in to long, when I was young driving with my old man he would holler at me-(let that damn clutch out). How do you adjust the clutch fork??