Hey mahleek87,

Yes, my problem was the hard shift from 1-2, and I actually patterned my repair off of your thread. I ordered the same check balls and everything. I was able to fix the shift problem, turns out I forgot to reconnect the manual shift linkage when I was putting the valve body back in. D'oh! That's what I get for not reading the manual carefully enough. But once I got everything squared away yes, my problems are all gone! The shifts happen smoothly with no harshness at all.

-eka