So I open my lude up for a lil bit cuz she needs to be driven, I seemed to have rode the clutch a bit so have that nasty smell going on. I pull in to a gas station and it didn't want to go into reverse, I tried everything and she didn't go. I drove a bit and tried to put in in reverse and was having a hard time with it all 5 of the other gears would go but it would not go into reverse. I would come to a dead stop and would not go in reverse. (I know about the preventative feature that keeps you from going in reverse while moving forward.) I am thinking that it's the syncros but I am not sure. I just need a lil help. I am still learning about these things, so the help would be nice. TIA

Happy Gilmore

 

Try putting it in 1st (but not moving) and then move to reverse. Don't let the clutch out in 1st, just move straight to reverse

 

Also check your transmission fluid (or oil) before you do anything else. If it's low it can do that...

 

clutch........clutch

 

the clutch seems to be fine. Its grabbing like it supposed to its just having a hard time going in to reverse every now and again. I better check the mtf...

 

You probably just need to adjust the linkage.

FYI - the reverse gear IS NOT SYNCHRONIZED like the forward gears. Reverse doesn't have synchronizers on ANY manual trans.


Modified by TheJGB3 at 9:55 PM 9/23/2008