Q: Gears shift without the clutch
 

My gears never before shifted without the clutch being in when the car is turned off. I noticed it last week and just wondering if anyone knows what this means for my car. Am I going to have to spend alot of money to get this fixed? Also my car has been kind of idleing funny. Any suggestions would be great!

Re: Q: Gears shift without the clutch (bcampbell)
 

Thats normal for gears to go in while car is off

Re: Q: Gears shift without the clutch (IncrediVTec)
 

reason I asked is because before I had to push the clutch in to get the gears to go into 1st.2nd.3rd and so on.

Re: Q: Gears shift without the clutch (bcampbell)
 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bcampbell &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">reason I asked is because before I had to push the clutch in to get the gears to go into 1st.2nd.3rd and so on.</TD></TR></TABLE>

While the engine was off? I bet before you could have gotten it into gear too. You'd just have to play with the synchro's. Jiggle and/or rock it back and forth into any gear.

Re: Q: Gears shift without the clutch (TallAssFilipino)
 

I have been able to shift the gears on every car that I have driven new or old without pressing the clutch, it's normal.

Re: Q: Gears shift without the clutch (bcampbell)
 

Whats the mileage on your tranny?

I think its just a coincidence that this is happening. I can go through my gears fine without holding in the clutch, and my tranny has about 60k on it.

Re: Q: Gears shift without the clutch (Built2Spill)
 

Re: Q: Gears shift without the clutch (Built2Spill)
 

150k It is getting on up there but if you people say it is ok then good. Its just someone told me that I should not be able to do that, and I hadn't been able to in the past so I just curous. Thanks for the information.

Re: Q: Gears shift without the clutch (bcampbell)
 

it's normal. I'm surprised you just noticed you can do this. Its the way it's supposed to be

Re: Q: Gears shift without the clutch (bcampbell)
 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bcampbell &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My gears never before shifted without the clutch being in when the car is turned off. !</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think you either just didn't notice it before or you have been parking with a load on the transmission. (like pointed down/up hill in gear before setting the parking brake)

With no load on the tranny and the engine off you can shift freely.

Re: Q: Gears shift without the clutch (Art In Motion)
 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Art In Motion &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emhammer.gif</TD></TR></TABLE> i agree