2000silvcivicex

the car has 90k miles on it. if i pull the shifter into second hard it will stay in gear fine. but if i hit the pedal (escpecially around turns) it pops out and if i shift easy it will pop out of second gear. is this the syncro? if i pull the tranny and take it to a shop what are the going to replace?

98civdx

it could be the syncro or the gear it self is messed up, i would bet the syncro is bad., my friends cable b16 does this and he was told syncros are bad,

look around it may be cheeper just to replace the tranny,
but im 90% sure they will replace the syncro for the gear, but if you do it the right way save your self the hassle later on and replace all syncors.

2000silvcivicex

thanks for the info. im almost sure this is the problem. maybe ill just find a used tranny. i dont plan on keeping the car forever but i dont want to sell something that is going to break on them in a few months

r berq

Somebody please 'splain to me why a bad synchro would cause it to pop out of gear. I admit great ignorance here, but I thought the synchro just aided in meshing the gears smoothly as you shifted, and a bad synchro would cause grinding of the gears.

Are the shifting linkages maybe mis-adjusted, or have too much play, so it's not going all the way into second gear? If so, this may be way simpler to fix than pulling out the transmission.

2000silvcivicex

if that was true wouldnt that mean it would pop out of other gear than just 2nd?

r berq

I don't know. I doubt it.

2000silvcivicex

well i guess there is only one way to find out. ill check the linkage and then pull the tranny

98civdx

i there something wrong with the linkage i highly doubt it would only affect one gear.
its worth a check, if your going to pull get ready to deal with the bitch pin, sometimes its easy but 90% of the times its a real bitch lol