Okay I come home for the holidays and get in the car and I decide to drive it home from the bus stop. To my dismay 5th gear grinds when you put it in gear sometimes and it makes a (from what was audible) a "wwwhhiiirrrrrr" sound. It does this sometimes and depends what gear you switch it from. For example 4th to 5th will go in fine sometimes but 3rd to 5th, blech...grinding. Anybody ever experience this before? It's a '97 Accord LX.

 

when i am in reverse and put it back in neutral, and if my cars still moving and i try to put it in reverse again, it grinds, even though my foots on the clutch completely.. plus when im switching from 1st-2nd when im reving high, it sorta makes a grinding noise. i dont know why.

 

whoa...are you posting a question with my question? Um...okay then, somebody please help us.

 

Veil_Side: they're called synchros and yours are bad

read what you wrote about 10 times then see if you can answer your own question.

 

put in redline mtl, bg synchroshift, or royal purple gear oil, the reason it grinds is because the gearing is too tall and the synchros cant move/engage quickly enough

 

with a helms manual, a garage full of tools, the right parts and a powerbar, could i handle the task myself? Is it possible to fix it at home?

 

anything is possible to fix at home..... it is just knowing what to fix

 

You could remove/replace the transmission, but tranny internals are horribly complex. Taking the gear apart is one thing, getting them back together properly is totally another thing. Most people replace them or get them rebuilt by pros.

 

There is a recall on the grinding 5th gear. Honda will fix it. I think they might actually replace 5th gear, i will ask at work on thursday (i work at Honda). Lude trannies do the same thing. The guys in the lude forum are complaining about the same thing.

 

Yeah, I recall there was a TSB on this. It was for the 4th gen Preludes, right, not the 5g?

 

Hey, I had the exact same problem. Whenever I was driving on the Highway, I'd have to double-clutch into 5th gear or it would grind. For now, just double clutch and that should work. I took my car to my local Honda dealer to see what the problem was. I told them how it would grind from 4th to 5th. According to the Invoice Sheet, they removed the transmission and replaced the "Synchromesh gears", a "sleeve se", and the "fork comp". I bitched at Honda saying that I had only had the car for 6 months and car has under 25,000 on it (I bought it used) and this should not be happening, so they covered 50% of the repair. Total expense for me was under $600. Hope that helps you. I haven't had the problem since.

 

This happened to Corey(Honda318dx) and his 5th gear synchro had to be replaced

 

Hey, I have the exact 4th - 5th gear problem with my car. Does anyone think Honda will take care of this or even pay for part of it on a Hybrid with 165,000 miles on the odometer?