i had my mystique 5 speed that did the smae thing i took it off from the bottom under neath he car..i took off the heat sheild and dropped down the shifter and u will see the casing i think there is liek 5 bolts..i jsut opened that up and put some grease in there and worked it in mine was really dried out and it seems to perfectly fine now smooth as anything.. man i used to hate shifting to reverse when it was stiff and 5 ahah anyways my .02
