when ever i shift into 5th gear im grinding, and only into 5th. is it that my syncro is off? what would be the best thing to do, is a a pain in the *** to get it fixed, or should i get a new one?

 

Your synchro is bad. I think a new tranny is in order since that means the other synchros are going bad as well.

 

hahahahaah...welcome to the world of 5th upshift grinding. I forgot what TSB it was but it involves replacing 5th gear and all sorts of fun stuff.

 

so waht you are telling me is that i need to get another tranny? man that gets me heated!! i just got the motor like 2 monthes ago......

 

http://www.car-part.com

 

which would be the best one to get.. the same year , or a sh model. i have a 92 h22a

 

Either 92-96 H22a or H23a1 (M2S4-5) If you want a lil longer gears.

 

h23 trannys go for about half of what h22 trannys do...just fyi

 

it will just bolt up, and work right even though it is for a h23...

 

does it matter if the tranny is from a h22 with vtec or not, or can it be a tranny that came w/o vtec???

 

the non-vtec 4th gen prelude h-series was the h23a tranny. and no it does not matter which h-series tranny (and I think most if not all F-series transmissions will bolt up as well), with the exception of the 5th gen prelude TypeSH.


[Modified by TypeSH, 12:00 PM 7/31/2002]

 

so it really dosnt matter which one that i put on. just as long as that its a prelude one?

 

4th Gen Prelude, yep.

You could always take it to a tranny pro to fix. I was quoted $500 to fix my Accord's tranny for bad synchros in third and fifth. It's not going to happen, though.

 

You dont need a new tranny to fix it. Most F and H series trannies grind into 5th. I keep mine from grinding by letting the RPMs drop with the clutch in before i shift into 5th, works everytime.

There is a service bulletin about it. I have no idea how much it would be to fix though. But it is a known problem. The 5th gear has a design flaw.

 

why buy a new tranny, when the same problem will probably happen again. lude and accord trannies are notorious for bad 5th and 3rd gear synchros. just pull the tranny, and have it rebuilt, so you will know exactly what was done to it, so the problem does not reoccur. this is scrubachu btw, at a friends house

 

yes...if you let the motor speed and tranny speed sych...you don't need synchros. I can shift my car through its gears w/o grinding w/o using my clutch. The big joke is to drive your car with your left foot propped up on the door sill and shift while driving down the street...haha...that always amazes the chicks...haha

 

Before you waste all the time and money, try running some REDLINE MTL in the trans.... I had BAD probs with the sync's in my D16 tranny and the MTL made them all go away!!! It was amazing..