I am helping my brother fix the tranny in his car. He has a 90 civic with a 4 speed although we are unsure if the tranny is the original. The tranny is stuck in a gear but the shifter still moves. I think something on the shifter forks must have broke or come loose. We have managed to remove the tranny but we cannot get the case split. It only comes apart about 3/4" or so. Does anyone have any ideas? Has anyone split one before with success?

Thanks
Jared

 

The transmission is stuck in gear because the shift fork most likely broke. Alum units are very fragile

As for splitting the case, since You have it 3/4 of the way up already, you need to open a 3/8 "SQUARE" bolt on the far end of the transmission where the drain plug are. It's brass in color. Open that, you'll see a backwards clip that is attached to a bearing, open the clip and slip the case off.

-Chuong

AIM me if you're stuck :Dester233

 

Thanks..... I know what plug you are talking about, I'll give that a shot.

Where can I get replacement forks? Do they have to come from Honda?

Thanks

 

Better off buying a new tranny

 

werd rip the 4 speed out and put in a 5 speed.. or if he is set on the 4 speed i have one i need to get rid of

 

I know he would prefer to have a 5 speed but we were going to fix this one for pure monetary reasons.

Jared

 

dx tranny= cheap 5 speed.

 

online. Manchester honda? I think they are about 50 bucks a pop.

Good luck.
-Chuong

PS. to pull the gear clusters out. Look at the clutch housing and should see an 8mm allen bolt on the top right. You NEED to take that out to remove the gear clusters .