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Sep 26, 2001 | 06:19 PM

twiggylim

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reverse gear grinding

It sometimes grinds when i shift to reverse gear all the other gears are fine. What would cause this? Thanks!!!

Sep 26, 2001 | 07:11 PM

GoodfellaFD3S

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A '96 FD? Sweet!

It's the synchros and I've been told it's normal. I've gotten into the habit of throwing her in third, then reverse. No more grinding.

Sep 26, 2001 | 07:40 PM

Rix7

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Do you come to a COMPLETE stop before shifting? If you don't, then try shifting after you have stopped completely and see if that helps.

Sep 26, 2001 | 08:36 PM

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I found as a great trick to keep that from happening... is to put it into 5th or (as said above) 3rd and then into reverse... at a complete stop obviously.

Sep 27, 2001 | 06:21 PM

Styk33

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I have never pulled my FD tranny before, but it is very unusual for a car to have synchros for reverse. Unless you have two speeds for reverse there is no need for it.