Has anyone else had this problem when shifting to reverse does it sumtimes not go into gear? sometimes its hard as hell to put it in reverse and grinds a little when i do. My buddys accord is also doing the same thang

 

try putting it in first then putting it in reverse

 

Yea thats what i have to do to make it go to reverse or slam it in. but why the hell does it not want to go?

 

From what I know, it is becase the reverse gear does not have a syncro. And if u dont know what that is, i'll try to explain, i know what it does but here goes. THe syncro is what stops the gears from spinning for a moment so that they can engage. . . . otherwise the seperate gears would just beat each other up.

So every other gear has a synchro, thats why you can use those gears to get the transmission lined up first and stop the gear inside, then go into reverse. Im not good at explaining sorry.

 

Yeah, my old Vw had no syncro on 1st gear. When I was selling it, it was an eye-opener to the buyer . :-D

 

I always go from second to reverse but it might be just my imagination

Or if I put it in reverse REALLY SLOW then it won't grind

 

i have the same prob too. and i look lik an *** sometimes cuz i think its in gear but its not and i coast forward

 

yea i have to pull it back and it "clicks" into gear, if that makes any sense, all of my dads hondas did the same damn thing

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wwang924 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">From what I know, it is becase the reverse gear does not have a syncro. And if u dont know what that is, i'll try to explain, i know what it does but here goes. THe syncro is what stops the gears from spinning for a moment so that they can engage. . . . otherwise the seperate gears would just beat each other up.

So every other gear has a synchro, thats why you can use those gears to get the transmission lined up first and stop the gear inside, then go into reverse. Im not good at explaining sorry.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by axtran &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah, my old Vw had no syncro on 1st gear. When I was selling it, it was an eye-opener to the buyer . :-D</TD></TR></TABLE>

Funny that you mention that - even today the VW's producd don't have syncromesh in 1st or reverse.

@ OP:
Put it in fourth...just put it in 4th like ur going to shift (but without releasing the clutch) then put it into reverse - it should go in no problem what-so-ever. As pple said - it is because of the lack of syncromesh in the reverse gear.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Syndacate &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Funny that you mention that - even today the VW's producd don't have syncromesh in 1st or reverse.

@ OP:
Put it in fourth...just put it in 4th like ur going to shift (but without releasing the clutch) then put it into reverse - it should go in no problem what-so-ever. As pple said - it is because of the lack of syncromesh in the reverse gear.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yup. also if it doesnt want to go in, go to neutral and let go the clutch, then put it in reverse, it will go in, sometimes it will grind. best way is to do both, neutral, let go clutch, clutch in, 4th then reverse

 

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