gear grinding question

[2ndGenTeg]

okay heres the deal most of the time when my car heats up and i'm driving it down the road shifiting gears from first to second i have no problem but as soon as i hit third around 3500 rpm my gear grinds and every time i down shift for 5th to 3rd it always grinds before going in. Is it a transmission problem? or just my gear? or gear box? car is 93 gs-r

 

[posol]

synchros.

typical honda tranny problem

 

[solblu]

Engine braking = bad for tranny

If you are lucky changing the fluid will quite the grind, but the damage is probably done.

 

[jamesA]

Same problem here. I was rolling about 5-10 mph and as I was putting it into first as i was coming out onto a street it ground as it went into first, I had the clutch fully engaged...damn synchros.

 

[91CRXSI]

Sounds like the syncro's out, they get the gears spinning at the same speed before they engage, when there out that gringing is the dogteeth grinding till the click in

 

[2ndGenTeg]

ok so you guys said its the syncro's right will do you guys know how much it would cost to get it repaired or replaced? j/c because i need to get it fixed soon. oh by the way some guy told my it was my clutch but i was like i highly doubt that because i just put in a new clutch like less that a year ago.

 

[cws13]

Originally posted by 2ndGenTeg@Jan 8 2004, 12:13 AM
and every time i down shift for 5th to 3rd it always grinds before going in. Is it a transmission problem? or just my gear? or gear box? car is 93 gs-r

There is A Honda TSB on this, DO NOT skip gears. No 5th to 3rd or you will have synchro damage. If only for a sec, upshift or down- go through the gears in order.