I just got a 96 gsr and the transmission is having problems going into 5th gear and reverse.

it actually won't go in at all.. is the transmisison f*ck'd? or is the shift linkage bad?

I replaced and examined the shift linkage and it seems to be fine.(ruling that out)

any ideas H-T?

 

have you attempted to do a tranny flush? 7.50 a quart, you need 2

 

And all other gears shift fine?
It does sounds like a linkage problem, as 5th and reverse are on the right of the shifter and not really related to each other inside the transmission. Reverse has it's own gear.
Try both with the engine on and off.

 

Have you checked your engine/transmission mounts?

 

thanks for the reply H-T.

i heard that the fork inside is bent.

i drained the tranny and added new fluid already, stilll no progress.

i just swapped out the tranny.

thanks to who responded.

 

bad tranny,do a rebuild homey.

 

bad tranny,do a rebuild homey.

 

I test drove a B18a CR-X once that had the same problem. I was told it was the syncros. Supposedly 5th and R share the same syncro or something of that nature. Some one verify? I've never been inside one to know.

 

5th and reverse do share a synchro. If you ever take one apart just look at the stacks, and watch when you put it in reverse.

 

Reverse doesn't have a synchro, but yes, 5th and reverse do share the same shift fork.

 

so all i got to do is change the shift fork?

what tranny is interchangable?

is gsr in it's own class?

sorry if i'm not clear.

 

bump ive been having the same problem for so long i cant figure it out i baught a gsr tranny with mf 4.9 fd, mf first gear, 2nd-5th gsr gears, quaife lsd, i had the internals swapped in my gsr tranny case and at first the reverse was really bad and fith gear grinded bad going in so i had the tranny lsd shimmed and the 5th gear replaced witha known good one and still the tranny grinds real bad going in fith but if i double clutch it wont grind i need help too with this could it be the shift fork?

 

try the bushings or maybe something internal try new fluid just to see if it helps but idk

 

ha ha.. thanks tried it though!

 

Have you taken the tranny apart?

 

i will try an dissamble the tranny this wkend, if i do i probably won't be able to tell anyways.
waiting to get my acura book and also got to read a few more threads and google search's.. maybe even you tube.

thanks for all the help H-T.

 

i also got a 96 gsr and my reverse will not go in. so you say its the shift fork

 

Shift fork or the shift change assembly. If it can't go into a gear and is stiff, that means the shift fork is either bent or the gear shift assembly isn't pushing the fork right