My dad drove my car today and screwed up something now everytime i shift into 5th gear it grinds. I dont think its settling in right.. i was going to put a sythetic or soemthing to see if that works.. But if that doesnt what else should i do. any suggestions

Thanks

 

mm, 5th gen? 4th gen? my car does the same, mine only grinds when i do a brisk shift to 5th tho, if i do it slow it doesnt grind. sooo ive been told its the synchros.

 

its a 5th gen yea same here if i do it nice it doesnt grind but otherwise it grinds..Can you replace the synchros.. i hope so becuase i hate grinding

 

yeah snchros can be replaced but it requires dismantling the tranny, and unless you can do it yourself itll cost ya which is why i havent done it yet.

 

im on my 3rd tranny and 2 of them had 5th gear grinding. All i did was double clutch and it worked fine. Just don't go pass 6000rpm on the tach in 5th gear, else you'll end up with grinding 5th gear all the time. Even double clutch won't even help.

 

Double clutching huh? ROFL.

 

yea, double clutching is easier on the synchros...I do it in the porsche from time to time to keep them happy. On a side note, I thought there was a TSB about the 5th gear shift fork being wrong or the case made wrong or something like that?

 

AS HAS BEEN COVERED 3 MILLION TIMES

yes, there is a tsb out for the very common prelude problem of an improperly manufactured shift fork that causes a grind into 5th gear

double clutching will save the syncros, but i noticed after doing it for a while, the syncros felt odd when i tried to start shifting normal again....

 

same problem here. and double clutching always helps. and yes, its a waste of money to take whole tranny apart for a snchro

 

about how much would i cost if you know because my dad said he will fix it no matter what so.. if anyone knows that would be great thanks.

 

usually when you want to know how much its going to cost to fix something you ask the shop thats going to fix it

duh

 

well i figuered someone might no about how much it might cost not the acutal price but your right i should ask the shop