I really don't know what happened. I left a parking lot and reverse was fine. I was driving around, did a couple 1st to 2nd pulls for fun, and then when I try to get into reverse again, I can't. 5th is also hard to get into, but harder to pull out of. I hit a hard bump earlier in the evening, but I think my header took the force of that (reverse was still perfectly fine afterwards). All my other gears seem to work okay. Any ideas? Not having reverse sucks ***...
:::imagines into future of having to park somewhere head-in and physicially push car out:::

Thanks in advance for any input.

 

either 5th/reverse syncro is shot
or the shifter fork is bent

leaning towards the first ....

 

shifter fork bent

 

just one suggestion, roll the car slightly in the first and while inching along feel the reverse and pop it in, there is always a spot where it goes easy in, if it gets stuck in reverse roll again and apply slight pressure it should pop right out...

Give it a try it might help...

 

i can enveer get into reverse the first time.. i pump the cluth a couple times and try and it always slips in. i have to pull kinda hard tho lol...

 

I've read about people having to roll forward a bit, or put it in a forward gear and then try to reverse. I'm sure I tried both with no luck. Is there anything I can look for without disassembling anything?

 

nope, gotta crack open the transmission case to really diagnose it

 

I was afraid of that. At this point, is it cheaper to just get another tranny ? ...haha just trying to think positive. I just took a drive around, and 5th is a pain in the *** to get into, and maybe I'm just thinking it now, but it seems like every gear is a *little* harder to get into. I changed my tranny fluid about 10k miles ago if that relates in any way.

 

try changing your tranny fluid. i did it and it feels like my tranny is brand newlike when i first got the car. but yeah try that first cause the way your car is acting sounded like mine but then i changed the fluid and it worked out fine!

 

Ide say the shifter fork is bent... happend to me too.

 

is your tranny grinding at all?

 

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It doesn't go into reverse at all. 5th is being problematic too. It grinds every now and then when I shift between gears, but I think it's because I don't use enough clutch.

 

I had a problem like that before but i couldent go in 2/4 or reverse. It was my shift linkage. If your useing a cable tranny might wanna check your shift linkage

 

I think it's a hydraulic tranny... it's a 3rd gen ('98)

 

Depends on what hes got. I got a jdm si r lsd cable tranny

 

I have an OEM GS-R tranny....

 

Dont know what to tell ya then