Grinding in reverse?

[Bonemaro]

Re: Grinding in reverse?

I believe there's no synchro in reverse to avoid people accidently going into "6th" while shifting out of 5th driving... If you had a synchro, it'd go right into reverse and well many people who have an LT1/LS1 f-body may jump into a v6 thinking they have 6 gears to play with, throw it from 5th to reverse and break their drivetrain. Just a thought, because lastr I checked the T56's 6th gear is where reverse is on a V6 Fbody's T5.

I'm kinda buzzed right now so if I just said something entirely wrong, blame the alcohol not me! :)

Oooooo... that would be nasty indeed. :(

[JohnnyC]

Re: Grinding in reverse?

aah, i'd imagine it being somewhat of a clunk of going into gear followed by a screech, possible wheel hop and maybe the snapping of an axle, breaking of the gear or some damage to the differential. Maybe all the above plus some nasty suspension damage?

[loser]

Re: Grinding in reverse?

I believe there's no synchro in reverse to avoid people accidently going into "6th" while shifting out of 5th driving... If you had a synchro, it'd go right into reverse and well many people who have an LT1/LS1 f-body may jump into a v6 thinking they have 6 gears to play with, throw it from 5th to reverse and break their drivetrain. Just a thought, because lastr I checked the T56's 6th gear is where reverse is on a V6 Fbody's T5.

It's pretty hard to get it into reverse while driving forward...

I'm kinda buzzed right now so if I just said something entirely wrong, blame the alcohol not me! :)

buzzed or not, that makes sence.

i think the t-56's ( lt1/ls1 6 speed trannys ) have a reverse lock-out. i think it has something to do with speed though, after you pass a certain mph you can shift into reverse.

and yea, our reverse is where 6 speeds 6th gear is.

[HokieBird]

Re: Grinding in reverse?

I don't know the reason, but lots of transmissions don't have syncros for reverse. If I had to guess I would say it has something to do with manufacturing/prices.

[zlexiss]

Re: Grinding in reverse?

i think the t-56's ( lt1/ls1 6 speed trannys ) have a reverse lock-out. i think it has something to do with speed though, after you pass a certain mph you can shift into reverse.

Yes they do, it's in the PCM code (usually locked out if car is moving more than 5 mph

Other cars have different lockout mechanisms to keep from hitting R accidentially - my friend's 2000 Sunfire with a 5-speed has a ring under the shift knob that has to be pulled up to get into reverse. I call it a "trainer" feature for newbs to manual cars :)

[nascar24jd]

Re: Grinding in reverse?

my friend's 2000 Sunfire with a 5-speed has a ring under the shift knob that has to be pulled up to get into reverse.

My 1989 Dodge Daytona had that feature as well.

[josh98bird]

Re: Grinding in reverse?

some car i've driven, you have to push the shifter down ( towards the boot) and that puts it in reverse. To get it out you must pull up or out on the shifter

[camaro9407]

Re: Grinding in reverse?

i just did mine bc it jumped out of reverse and gringed really bad. i forst just boutgh another one and it did the same thing so i fixed both of them and they work like a dream. i have an extra but you have to buy the parts that i tell you too and give a lil for labor and i can do it for you or ship me yours and i can rebuild it for you. if you really wanna know more email me at camarouti9407@yahoo.com.

[camaro9407]

Re: Grinding in reverse?

i just recently bought another tranny and it also shortly had the same problem of jumping out of reverse so i got pissed and rebuilt it and upon disassembling my tranny i figured the problem. if you are interested in getting it fixed email me at camarouti9407@yahoo.com and i can let you know exactly wat is wrong from my experience of rebuilding 5 with the same problem.

[camaro9407]

Re: Grinding in reverse?

i just recently bought another tranny and it also shortly had the same problem of jumping out of reverse so i got pissed and rebuilt it and upon disassembling my tranny i figured the problem. if you are interested in getting it fixed email me at camarouti9407@yahoo.com and i can let you know exactly wat is wrong from my experience of rebuilding 5 with the same problem.