So i have a b18a1 in my crx and i recently swapped transmission because my old one was going out. This new one felt great, until i got to 5th. i'm not sure if i have a 4spd trans or 5th gear is just gone?

I can feel it go in to 5th but it just feels like its in neutral. i stopped my car, didn't step on the clutch and tried to put it in 5th, and it went right in.

i had a ys1(non lsd) and i put in an A1 trans.

Also while i took out my old trans, the shift linkage bent really badly but only at the end where the shifter connects. Im not sure if this has anything to do with it but thats just more info.

please help!

 

and all other gears are fine?
if so, it would need to be opened up

 

Yes all the other gears work just fine. Is it even possible to run a tranny without a 5th gear though? It shifts into 5th like all my other gears but its like putting it in neutral basically.

 

Yes.

Your 5th gear sounds like its stripped out.

what do you mean "a1" trans? whats that out of? If you mean trans from a b18a1, you can take out the 5th gear i believe from the ys1 and put it in there

 

yes from a b18a1 but its called a1. theres 3 different types of b18a1 transmissions. a1,ys1,and s1.

Is it really possible to drive a car without a 5th gear in a 5spd transmission though?

 

lol. dude, i bought a jdm y1 tranny w/lsd for dirt that had no 5th gear. come to find out that the guy i bought it off likely botched an ls 5th gear swap. those gears are the closest ratio of any cable trans. i drove with the 4 gears to and from work on the hwy everyday for 3 months. you'll be alright until you get time to pull it out. the 5th gearset is easy to get at once the trans is out

 

damn haha i thought i was just trippin. well thats some good news i guess lol. did you ever put a 5th gear in or are you still runnin 4 gears?

 

no, i replaced it with an ls 5th.

 

oh alright cool i'll do some more research on how to do a 5th gear swap then. thanks bro.

 

probably not the same scenario bc way different cars, but on my evo i also bent the little things that connect the cables to the tranny to shift it, i had the same problem i got all gears but 5th unless shut off and sitting still..im currently in the process of getting the new parts but it did the same thing on my car was like putting it into neutral

 

Heres a good writeup, theres another one too that i was just reading somewhere on here..

https://honda-tech.com/forums/acura-integra-6/tranny-overhaul-jdm-itr-final-drive-lsd-install-56k-not-so-much-795700/

 

see i might have figured linkage or selector fork, but since op says it actually goes into 5th gear it pretty much cancels that out

 

mile will also "go into" but its like i put it in neutral as well..cant hurt to do the linkages and fork first since they are cheaper and easier..

 

What linkage are you using?

 

right on thanks bro

 

Yeah im about to change my linkage tmrw and see if that works. if not im probably gonna open it up and see whats going on in there.

 

im using an integra linkage. or i believe it is. it came with my whole swap and its been working fine with my old transmission.

 

No prob good luck with it

 

i doubt it's the linkage if it was working fine with the other transmission.
just make sure you have a nice clean open space and keep all parts in perfect order, laid out exactly as they were removed

 

i mean i wouldn't think the linkage was a factor until i read this thread saying if the linkage is bent, it could be the culprit. It bent pretty bad to a point where i couldn't bolt the shifter in. and yeah thanks for the tip.

 

could definitely be a possibility as well then.
and as stated, certainly want to explore all possibilities before concluding

 

So i found out why i didn't have a 5th gear..


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Somehow all the teeth are grinded all the way down to a smooth surface

 

Ho...ly....**** wowwww.

 

How is this even possible???