Reverse gear still doesn’t go in correctly
02-19-2019, 11:03 PM
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Reverse gear still doesn’t go in correctly
So I recently tried the shifter adjustment I’m pretty sure I did it correctly push the pin down(made a home made pin went down with no resistance) loosin the 3 bolts center shifter and tighten down the 3 bolts. But I still seem to have the same problem, when I try to put the car in reverse it doesn’t feel like it goes in all the way. So in order for me to get into reverse I have to let out the clutch very slowly until I hear a click noise then I know it’s in gear. If i don’t do this it will make a grinding noise. So I’m kind of stumped as to what it could be. Could it be I didn’t do the adjustment Correctly? Mind you none of my other gears have any pop outs or grinds or anything unusual. Just reverse
02-19-2019, 11:13 PM
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There's a myriad of things you can do. It MIGHT be the shifter box (TMOD customs is an excellent replacement), it could be you need to flush the hydraulic clutch. It could be you need to change the tranny fluid. Or after all that fails, you might need a new clutch or your tranny looked at. Mine was the clutch, sigh.
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02-20-2019, 04:44 AM
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02-20-2019, 09:00 AM
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All three of my manual transmission cars do the same thing. My C5Z, my C3, and my dd Fiesta.
02-20-2019, 03:23 PM
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One of the plastic pads that are on your reverse shift fork have split or broken off so the shift fork isn’t getting that last little bit of distance needed to get locked fully onto the reverse gear’s dog teeth.
When you have it almost all the way and let the clutch out slightly, the gear moves and because the dog teeth are coffin shaped and are almost engaged on the collar, it rotates with some force and hitting the receiving angles in the collar, makes the collar get drawn onto the teeth and fully “click” home (what you hear and feel) and then you’re able to reverse as at that point you’re locked in until you shift out of reverse.
The only fix for this is internal. Luckily you can just remove the rear transmission cover to access the reverse fork (compared to being in the main case) but the bad news is it’s still a ton of work to get to it.
When you have it almost all the way and let the clutch out slightly, the gear moves and because the dog teeth are coffin shaped and are almost engaged on the collar, it rotates with some force and hitting the receiving angles in the collar, makes the collar get drawn onto the teeth and fully “click” home (what you hear and feel) and then you’re able to reverse as at that point you’re locked in until you shift out of reverse.
The only fix for this is internal. Luckily you can just remove the rear transmission cover to access the reverse fork (compared to being in the main case) but the bad news is it’s still a ton of work to get to it.
