ok so i have a 2000 civic si that i just recently rebuilt for my turbo set up. anyways i couldn't find the clutch pilot tool so i just simply centered by hand and mounted the tranny. now my car won't go into reverse it seems to be like stuck. when i engage the clutch and try to put it in reverse it just grinds really bad and won't even budge? anyways do you guys think that it was cuz i didn't use the centering tool?or coudl it be sonething wrong with my throw out bearing? or the reverse on the tranny is gone?also it won't even go into reverse with the car off. your help is greatly appreciated!

 

btw all the other gears are fine.

 

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i need help not stupid comments.

 

does anyone have anything HELPFUL to say?

 

id suggest u go back and fix wat u did differently.. a lot cheaper then just replacing the tranny

 

yeah but do u have any idea what may be causing my car to not go into reverse? thanks.

 

does anyone else have any insight as far my problem?

 

no matter what you do it doesnt go in? sometimes you gottaput it in 4th, then swing it to reverse (i have to do that with my si). My buddy and I didnt use a centering tool when putting mine back togetehr and all the gears work perfect. If it was shifting before with no problems and you didnt touch the tranny, then I'm not 100% sure what it could be

 

If you got your tranny in, then you did a good enough job of centering it.

 

some times i cant get into Reverse so what i do is go form 3rd to 4th then Reverse

 

i go 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th then reverse when i cant get it in. sometimes that doesnt work though.
haha

 

check the fluid...it might be low. im not being a smart ***, im just making sure that you checked it before posting the question.

 

^^^ x2 haha

 

could be the problem huh?....

 

Put it in neutral, let the clutch out, then clutch in and shift quickly to reverse. It's a trucker's trick for shifting non-synchronized gearboxes. Letting the clutch out in neutral gets the mainshaft spinning the same speed as the input shaft, making it much easier to engage the gears.

I have to do that in my Si all the time, reverse is difficult to get into.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BubblegumTate &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Put it in neutral, let the clutch out, then clutch in and shift quickly to reverse. It's a trucker's trick for shifting non-synchronized gearboxes. Letting the clutch out in neutral gets the mainshaft spinning the same speed as the input shaft, making it much easier to engage the gears.

I have to do that in my Si all the time, reverse is difficult to get into.</TD></TR></TABLE>

double clutching into reverse y0

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EKlum &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i go 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th then reverse when i cant get it in. sometimes that doesnt work though.
haha</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yeh like that is going to work. ever hear of a 5th gear lock out. Its not going to let him shift from 5th to reverse.( unless you have a 6 speed )

 

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double clutching into reverse y0</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup. I just didn't want to say double-clutching, since usually it brings a flame-war about who knows what it means and who doesn't and generally involves quotes from The Fast and the Furious.

 

http://g2ic.com/tegtips/driving/2.html

now u kno

 

Well, I already did, but that's why I didn't mention the term.

 

I would reinstall WITH the clutch pilot tool. just a thought.

 

yeah i mean ive tried everything it just doesnt want to budge?i put new honda oem fluid and everything..?

 

=/ ... its the tranny so it couldnt be that many things. if anything here isnt helping, id go to a shop.