i can get a usdm tranny for 200 bucks. he says it grinds 5th (a common problem?)

now its still sounds like a good deal and its under my price range lol .
how hard is it to do...ive never torn into one but i do have the honda manual and dont mind trying it


is it worth doing ? and about how much for parts ..thanks

 

tell you the truth I have only ripped apart b series trannys and swapped gear ratios and moved a bad syncro from 3rd to 5th. I have never delt with new syncros I didnt even think you could get them. but know that I looked on honda believe the 5th gear synco is like $101. I could be wrong. also get some honda bond. plus if the teeth on the gears are worn down new syncros wont do much. again this statement could be wrong.

I am sure the is a good article somewhere about ripping about a h series tranny. I know I had a magazine with it in it but that was a long time ago. If I can find it this weekend maybe I can scan it.

as long as thirds not grinding Id say drive it the way it is. Just go lightly into fifth how often are you racing and slamming it into 5th (110mph). what usdm tranny anyway. is it a h22 or h23 or what?

 

yea i hope its not that bad ..but the price is right i could use some cash left over to fix it
i dotn mind ....
every one around here wants 1000 for non lsd..

im gonna call honda now

i read they were bad for 5th gear shift forks and it might just be that ..

anyhitnkg else that could cause a grind othere then syncro/gear or shift fork

 

Mine grinded into 5th for a long time until I heard about GM Synchomesh. Just go to any GM or Chevy dealer and get the kind with the blue label. I put in in my car
about a year and a half ago and since then, no grinding!

 

awsome..

was it a bad grind or just the good oll honda skiming of the teeth

 

my old tranny had the exact same problem-grinding into fifth. just the honda-skimming, no biggie. eventually, thru a nonrelated problem, the entire tranny bit it, but before it did, my mechanic and i were looking into buying upgraded synchros for the tranny-they're carbon. not sure as to where to get them, but supposedly they're much better

 

dont jump the gun and asssume its the syncros the h series tranny has a bunch of notorious parts in the tranny that could cause identical probs.my experience in takeing them apart and hearing people say its the syncros 1/2 the time it aint lots of the time it is the hub and slider

 

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I mean......it sounded bad enough to me, but not as bad as the griding noise when I slip and miss a gear. I had that done around 75k and now Im at 120k still with no grinding.

 

dam all i keep hearing about is the syncromes...im definitly gonna try it out ..but the guy says he has anotuher with no grinds for 500CAD im gonna grab it up i think


thanks for the post guys

 

well it looks like he doesnt have the other one ....

so grind one it is ...

the plate that has the m2f4 code on it is gone ..is there any other way to tell if its the one he says it is ...

thanks for all the help guys ..

o and i priced the 5th gear shift fork at 69
the 5th gear set (gear syncro and other stuff)at 192 these are canadian prices too
seems worth it to get this one