I just recently purchased a 5-speed '98 200SX and it seems that the reverse is kinda tempermental on the car. Sometimes it takes forever to get it in reverse. Sometimes I let out on the clutch a little bit to try and get it to pop down into gear but it just grinds and I don't wanna mess anything up. I was wondering what's up with that and if theres a special way to make it do what you want... cause it ticks me off.
its prolly your bushings, i know a lot of our cars bushings get kinda hard after sitting awhile.. if you are completely stopped like you are suppose to be, it shouldn't grind.. there has been a discussion on this before, do a search and see if its still on the forums..
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Mine Kind has the same problem, I notice if you let it roll forward a little it pops in just fine, I have a theory about why it happens but my brain is kinda fried after exam week 1... so maybe later, still got exam week 2
i always put my 200 in first before reverse, otherwise it grinds, but i think i bent the shift linkage when i was dropping the tranny to replace the clutch. it's not a solution, but it still aleviates the problem, for the most part. don't know if that helps.
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It just happens, a lot of us complain about it, but nothing can be done about it. Our car's transmission is just stupid like that. It happens in my friend's car, it happens in mine, both are "newer" and treated quite well so we just figured it was a flaw built into our cars.
This could also be due to the clutch not completely disengaging. Since the forward gears are synchromesh, they can engage with the clutch slightly dragging. But, reverse is not synchromesh and will grind if the clutch is not completely disengaged.
Also, if the gears are spinning when you try to engage reverse, it will grind until they stop. If you put it into 1-st or 2-nd the gears stop, allowing reverse to be engaged more easily if you do it right away.
Yeah, we each have our own "thing" we do for this problem now I see I myself always press on the clutch twice before going into reverse, and I notice that I rarely ever get this problem anymore.
It just happens, a lot of us complain about it, but nothing can be done about it. Our car's transmission is just stupid like that. It happens in my friend's car, it happens in mine, both are "newer" and treated quite well so we just figured it was a flaw built into our cars.
Actually, that's what a gear without synchros feels like. The only reason a lot of newer cars don't have that problem now is that so many people kept grinding reverse that manufacturers started using single (sometimes double) synchro reverse gears.
Can also be influenced by how old the fluid is. My 98' does the not going into reverse much worse now than it ever did in its first years. I also have to double clutch 2nd and 3rd alot. I have seen many people say a fluid change relieved the need for double clutching so I am assuming when I finally change mine to Redline it will help the reverse shift issue some. Just a thought.
Can also be influenced by how old the fluid is. My 98' does the not going into reverse much worse now than it ever did in its first years. I also have to double clutch 2nd and 3rd alot. I have seen many people say a fluid change relieved the need for double clutching so I am assuming when I finally change mine to Redline it will help the reverse shift issue some. Just a thought.
newer fluid can help but it might be you have a bad clutch...
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wait till ur stopped completly, clutch in, clutch out, try again. voila.
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I myself always press on the clutch twice before going into reverse, and I notice that I rarely ever get this problem anymore.
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