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09-26-01, 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!!!

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09-26-01, 07:11 PM

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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.

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09-26-01, 07:40 PM

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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.

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09-26-01, 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.

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09-27-01, 06:21 PM

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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.