I’ve searched for a while haven’t been able to find anything else with this same problem. I have got a ’94 coupe with a B16. The clicking noise is just one or two short clicks which come from the front of the car when I begin to accelerate and when pulling into / out of a parking spot when I make the forward to reverse transition, or vice-versa. It has been doing this for about 6 months or so now. I originally thought of the axels, however there is no noise during a turn and I have replaced them after it started clicking and the same noise still persists. Two weeks ago I took my transmission out and had it rebuilt at Honda, putting in the GearSpeedInc carbon synchros and had all the bearings and seals replaced. Also while that was out, my ball joints were worn, so I went ahead and replaced my lower and upper ball joints on both sides, as well as the inner and outer tie rods and sway bar link bushings on both sides. When I put the tranny back in , it went in with a new CompClutch Stage 5 pressure plate with ceramic 6 puck, sprung disc and new flywheel. After putting everything back in along with new axels and getting it aligned, the car still clicks a few times when I first start to move. I’m kind of ruling out ball joints, tie rods and axels since they were just all replaced. I have the JDM tranny with factory LSD, on one of the searches I did there was only one reply that mentioned anything about this, but they said it could be my LSD clicking. Just wanted to ask around and see if anyone else has any ideas or suggestions. It’s not like it’s affecting the car in any way now, but it’s just one of those things that every time I hear it, it makes me wonder what it is and if it’s something I should look into before putting the turbo back on?

 

I know the sound that youre talking about. i think its the synchros linking up. no big deal really. if it aint broke, dont fix it

 

sounds like "pad shift"
nothing to really worry about.
The pads shift slightly on when changing directions FWD to REVERSE or vice versa.
If it really bothers you you can put some aluminum"speed tape" on the pads or in the slots of the calipers to reduce the movement and stop the noise...

 

Hey, thanks a lot. I guess I've never really thought about that before, but it makes sense now that I think about it