so when Im driving, I take off normally 1st and 2nd gear, and by the time Im gonna shift outta 2nd gear, Im doing like 50-60MPH, so I usually skip 3rd and 4th gear and go into 5th gear...but recently, when I do that, and go to stick it in 5th, it grinds, whats causing that? My clutch is alright, it tends to slip a bit, but nothing major, and the skipping a gear, Ive always done that with no problem, did it on my civic too, and no grinding, and my pops has been doing it all his life

 

i dont see how that has anything to do with skippping gears. my 5th grinds if i try to shift into it over 4k rpms. i think its common in preludes.

 

Essentially if you're doing 60 mph by the end of 2nd gear you're taching it up pretty high. You're asking a LOT of your syncro's when you bring it from 7400 rpm to go down to 2000 rpm. If you're going to skip gears like this, double clutch on the upshift. It will allow the mainshaft slow down and essentially be a lot nicer on the syncros. If you don't want to do this, shift to third, and then to fifth.

~Doug

 

As "illusion" said it is a common problem seen in some 5g ludes. Take it into your local Honda dealership. They should fix it with no prob.