[6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds...
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[6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds...
Not all the time but sometimes it does. Why? Clutch is fully engaged and it doesn't grind any other gears. I have an Exedy twin disk clutch. It goes into reverse fine but sometime it grinds for a second. 
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Re: [6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds... (Buckmaster)
Can't give you the reasoning but I can say that you are not the lone "reverse grinder". Mine does it on occassion, no consistent symptons to identify when it will happen.
It did it with the stock shifter and with my Hurst - so I guess ruling out the shifter is a start. With the tightness of the hurst - it has allowed me to "feel" when it is not fully engaged which is followed by grinding if I don't lift clutch, then engage clutch fully to engage the gear properly.
FYI - stock clutch
[Modified by thegypsie, 1:01 PM 6/28/2004]
It did it with the stock shifter and with my Hurst - so I guess ruling out the shifter is a start. With the tightness of the hurst - it has allowed me to "feel" when it is not fully engaged which is followed by grinding if I don't lift clutch, then engage clutch fully to engage the gear properly.
FYI - stock clutch
[Modified by thegypsie, 1:01 PM 6/28/2004]
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Re: [6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds... (thegypsie)
I have the same problem from time to time. You need to make sure you "stop" by going to first gear then second gear , then it should slip into reverse.
[Modified by cyclerage23, 7:12 PM 6/28/2004]
[Modified by cyclerage23, 7:12 PM 6/28/2004]
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Re: [6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds... (cyclerage23)
OK, thanks. I'm not alone. At least it isn't my clutch going bad...... 
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Re: [6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds... (cyclerage23)
I have the same problem from time to time. You need to make sure you "stop" by going to first gear then second gear , then it should slip into reverse.
Otherwise you may need to do rebuild. 
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Re: [6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds... (97C5ENVY)
Not a problem.. reverse is not synchronized - so depending on how things are lined up at the moment you hit reverse, you may or may not grind.... do the into another gear trick first then to reverse.
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Re: [6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds... (97C5ENVY)
ISo my advice to you is get a new tranny if it still under warranty. Otherwise you may need to do rebuild.
Otherwise you may need to do rebuild.
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Re: [6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds... (Ragtop_Rob)
OK...cool. Thanks...
Not a problem.. reverse is not synchronized - so depending on how things are lined up at the moment you hit reverse, you may or may not grind.... do the into another gear trick first then to reverse.
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Re: [6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds... (Buckmaster)
Put it in 4th first then w/o letting off the clutch in reverse.
Been doing it since day one.
Works like a charm and is a habbit now. 
Been doing it since day one.
Works like a charm
and is a habbit now.
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Re: [6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds... (EuG)
I don't know the details workings of a tranny, but I can tell you this I don't have to run through the gears here. And if it has to do with "gear alignment at the time" as RagTop_Rob mentioned then I guess I've been extremely lucky over the past four years. [KNOCK ON WOOD]. 
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Re: [6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds... (allanlaw)
Mine does it too... usually on a cold start and going from 1st to reverse to back outta the garage. Now I just leave it parked in reverse and it is fine when I go to back out. The 1-2-R dance does work too .
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Re: [6 speed]Sometimes when putting into "Reverse" it grinds... (chuck1026)
Mine does it too... usually on a cold start and going from 1st to reverse to back outta the garage. Now I just leave it parked in reverse and it is fine when I go to back out. The 1-2-R dance does work too .
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Seems common then. Thanks for the replies everyone.....
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