welcome to the forum it should not be that hard to shift could be the clutch,check ebay for probley only see them used i am sure there must be many that would work as oem stick for a standard ,tons on ebay of aftermarket ,but if you need two hands to shift seems you got going into gear issues linkage is a guess. l dont know much about those clutchces.go to general section of 4th gen

 

I have not heard great things about the Hurst but indeed make sure your clutch is working right before you change anything. I have a B&M Ripper to sell that works great just FYI. I upgraded to a brand new MGW not knowing the car didn't still have a stock shifter. I had a lot of mods done all at once shortly after buying the car, the B&M worked real nice actually and had I known it was not the stocker I might not have bought the MGW. I had no experience with a T-56 before I bought this car so I didn't know the difference between stock and the ripper and frankly I think I should have saved the $350 I spent on the MGW.

 

 

On shifting hard into Reverse,
check trans underneath to see if an aftermarket circuit has been plugged into the trans harness by the shifter.
Camaro is OE with 'Skip-Shift' - a feature only allowing for trans shifting from first to third, or maybe fourth gear at low engine RPM's. There will be a 'SKIP' light illuminating and disallows shifting into 2nd gear.
Some people install a plug-in on the harness eliminating this function so trans can be shifted into 2nd gear at low RPM when 'SKIP' light is on.
The 'SKIP' harness plug is the same shape as the REV plug.
When car is still from moving forward, no MPH, then the reverse solenoid in trans is energized so trans can easily go into reverse gear, rather than using two hands.

 

 

Welcome. While you are checking the clutch, it wouldn't hurt to check the trans lube as well.