Recently I have had a problem with my fifth gear shift. Everytime I shift into it makes a loud scratching sound as if it was still spinning when I put it in. I kind of got rid of it by double clutching but after a while it gets anoing. I would ride in fourth since rarly I need fifth for speed, but with the Fast and The Furious out so many punk kids got pigs eyes open wide for the imports and my R is a eye opener with the B18C. So if anyone has the same problem or has fixed it i would like the feed back. Thanks

 

Wow, when I first read that I thought you were going to say you could "scratch" the shift from 4th to 5th...

I haven't heard of this problem before, but you should make sure that the clutch is all the way in when you are trying to shift. I know it sounds dumb, but since you use fifth gear the least, maybe you aren't quite getting the timing right. If you're sure that isn't the problem, then you should take the car in to have it looked at.

 

I do put the clutch all the way down and I shift at about 60mph. Bob where you the one that whent to the R meet with the SantaRosa crew?

 

Ohhhhh...iggy

I know who you are...whats up man? Call Austin and get my number....I want to hear it first hand!

 

Yep, that's me.

 

Yea I was the one with the Black ITR....the kid

 

Haha, yes I remember you Ignacio! I heard you're going to the Expo...so it looks like I'll see you at the next caravan.

 

I thought this thread was about scratching filth!?...
j/k, how many miles on your car? Sounds like the synchro (sp?) for fifth gear is shot. I'd sugggest having it checked asap, before you do any more damage to the gears...

 

the car has about 6500 miles on it, thanks for the feed back