Rhythm Racer

ok when ever i shift fast going into second my gears grind, at first i thought maybe my hand was going faster then my foot when i speed shifted but ill press the clutch first and shift fast and it still grinds, it only does this when i throw it in second really fast i have a ghetto shifter, i let my friend borrow my car for a day and he said he bought me a short shifter and cut down the oem shifter would that do anything , i wouldint think so but not sure , any help would be appricated (sp) thanks

SloCivicHMM

umm I'd just go to stock shifter and get ES bushings.....change the fluid to GM syncromesh and see what it does then....

25 bucks for 2qts of GM syncromesh
14 bucks for the bushings
?? stock shifter

And a few hours work...

Mugen Hamster

I'm guessing you have a 99-00 civic? This is a common problem. My car kinda grinded whenever i shifted from 1st to 2nd at redline or very close to redline. Now, along with a lot more "testing," i just shift a little bit earlier to prevent this instead of grinding gears.

Rhythm Racer

its a 98, is it hard to replace the bushings !!!!!!! thanks sloCivicHMM

Mugen Hamster

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rhythm Racer &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its a 98, is it hard to replace the bushings !!!!!!! thanks sloCivicHMM</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's not like replacing the shifter bushings, if that's what you're thinking about. You have to disassemble the whole tranny.

SloCivicHMM

NO I was talking about the shifter bushings.......its really simple to replace them a few 12mm bolts and no touching the tranny.....the reason I say this is cuz if the bushing is wore out it makes shifting sloppy causing user error and slight grinds...np bro...

OT: what bushings does the tranny have internally??

SlepT ej6

i have that same grind and i thought the same as you did about my hand being faster than my foot but i just think and i basically know that my clutch is gone...............

Mugen Hamster

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SloCivicHMM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">NO I was talking about the shifter bushings.......its really simple to replace them a few 12mm bolts and no touching the tranny.....the reason I say this is cuz if the bushing is wore out it makes shifting sloppy causing user error and slight grinds...np bro...

OT: what bushings does the tranny have internally??</TD></TR></TABLE>

I know that the shifter bushings are easy to replace, but this is not going to help Rhythm Racer's problem. The problem he is experiencing is very common in our trannies. I can't remember exactly what causes it, but there was a very informative post a long time ago that explained everything. I want to say that it had something do with a weak bearing, or maybe the synchros giving out, but i'll try and find that post.

I also have the gear grinding problem, but it only happens during a very high (redline) shift from 1st to 2nd gear. After that, everything's fine. I replaced my shifter bushings, and i still have this problem.

Mugen Hamster

Another user with this problem:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=545267
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=314871

A little more informative:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=150530