Well I had a not so great shop install my CC stage 4 clutch. They reused my flywheel. Anyways the car has had bad chatter from the clutch, more than it should from what I'm told. CC said it sounds like the shop didn't resurface the flywheel correctly. The chatter has gotten alittle better since beating on the clutch a lot (per CC's suggestion). My question is could the clutch being installed wrong cause my car to make 5th pop out of gear? Also sometimes it will go into 5th like normal but sometimes its a pain in the ***. On a bad day it will pop out of 5th maybe 3 or 4 times a mile.

 

mine would occasionally pop out of 5th as well, turns out i was a shade bit low on tranny fluid, i would check that. also the reason why i was low is because one of the cv seals went bad.

 

How do I check the transmission fluid? Sorry for such the noob question, I'm not too much a Honda guy.

 

Bad synchro.

 

is your car stock? why do you have a stage 4 ........those clutches are known to chatter

 

Turbo build. The car has 95k miles, never been modded before me, I don't slam 5th gear racing, the problem showed up after the clutch swap along with a leaking Fb boot. I don't see it being a bad syncro.

 

it most likely just low on fluid.. same thing happen to me, I did a swap once and cruising in 5th always varied how long it took. not long at all but would just slide its self out of gear.
How to check- if you can get under the vehicle would be most efficiant. looking at the the transmission facing the front of the car, right next to the cv axel "were the spline enters the transmission you'll see a 17 mm bolt with a washer.
Crack loose and fill it untill it starts to overflow. "perfect" install the bolt and let her rip.
Now if you wanted to exchange the fluid.. 2.2 qts of Motor Oil. Now right next to the bolt I was refering to.. youll see a fitting for a 3/8 in Ratcher to fit into.. thats your drain.
goodluck. Im 99.9999% positive your just low on fluid

 

I agree. This is the only reason I've ever heard of 5th popping out of gear; I've never heard of the synchro going bad in that gear.

OP: What's wrong with reusing the flywheel? You just have to resurface it any time that you install a new clutch.

 

Thanks guys! I'm selling the car and this makes me feel alot better!

CC said they probably didn't resurface it right, that was causing all the chattering. That they probably just took a wire brush to it to save them time and money.

 

Is it a pucked clutch? My Exedy stage 2, which is a 3-puck, chattered pretty bad when I'd let it out slowly. It liked to be dropped quick.

 

Check the motor mounts, happened to me when I got my car, checked my mounts...one was barely on there, tightened it and it shifted great.

 

my rear mm was worn and when i acellerated motor torqued and popped out of only 5th gear replaced mm never had problem again

 

same thing apply to a 90 crx? everytime im in 5th gear it will pop out and its a new clutch

 

Low on transmission fluid without a doubt.

 

added a quart and works great