timhebert

i was wondering if anyone had a problem with there reverse grinding when you try to put it in gear. Its only reverse. I was thinking it had to be something with the gear itself since its only that gear. Any advice at all would be appreciated.

tdipowered

mine does it to..its when ur moving and you try to put it in the reverse and sometimes when im sitting still...im ASSUMING (dont quote me) that it doesnt have reverse synchros..a lot of cars dont it seems like

timhebert

i don't think it does either. but it only recently started doing it, and it seems to be getting worse.

tdipowered

yea sometimes its all fine and then sometimes it does it hope nothing is messes up

timhebert

yea i took it to a dealer today but the shop wasn't open. guy i talked to thought it was the gear also, but he doesn't necessarly know what hes taking about, he told me to bring it in and he'll take a look.

blue05ss/sc

samthing happends to mine almost everytime been happening sience i bought the car

timhebert

damn, it cant be normal. it soulds like ****.

Dead Zen

never had this prob

timhebert

i'm just hoping its not weak pressure plate or clutch

Sharkey

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i run into this from time to time at my shop. the biggest error i find you need to come to a complete stop while still in a forward gear, once at a complete stop put it into reverse. a lot of people pop it into neutral when coming to a stop, and that doesnt allow all the gears in the tranny to stop, and when you go for reverse it will grind. if you do roll in neutral, simply put it into a forward gear befoe going into reverse.

marko1464

The same thing happens to me also, and I ALWAYS make sure I'm not moving at all when I throw it in reverse. I don't know what the hell's going on, I cringe every time.

fiftyandsoco

Mine grinds on occasion, but I have the factory shift lock removed...not sure if that has anything to do with it. I'm pretty sure it has to do with no reverse synchros. One way to fix the problem is press in the clutch, shift into 4th then into reverse before releasing the clutch, it's worked for me and I don't think it's bad for it at all.

LittleSilverSS

Its the way the reverse gear is in most manual trans the gear is a different type of gear than the forward gears I can't think of the technical term but I'd say make sure your not moving at all put it in a forward gear the slide your shifter out of gear and put it into reverse it shouldn't make it grind then... But if your moving or if you've just got done revving your engine in neutral and pop it right into reverse your most likely gonna hear it grind.

timhebert

makes senses. but why just know. ive had my car for about a year now and i've been driving it the same all along, so why now

tdipowered

probably just started putting it in reverse sloppy or something lol who knos have a tech look at it under warranty or something

ToTaLeD

Put it into 4th right before reverse. At first it will seem annoying, but it's routine for me now, I do it every time w/o realizing it. Even to the point that I do it on other manual cars. It becomes habit and you et zero grind.

impulseballer

i think it's because reverse gear is usually straight cut.

Sharkey

iTrader: (1)

it doesnt actualy have anything to do with the cut of the gear (forward gears, you dont actualy move any gears themselves, manual transmissions are all constant meshing gears, what you move is the sleeve over the clutching teeth of the gear and lock the gear to the hub). the reason it happens is because its not syncronized, and you are actualy sliding a gear into mesh with 2 other gears. if any of them is rotating it will grind.

nutty21

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Mine did it for about two years straight, and I wasn't moving, just straight from park, every single time. Then one day it didn't, and hasn't for about a year now.
Don't know.