reverse on a manual transmission
 

not sure why i just thought about this and it may have already been brought up... but about 90% of the time when i go to put my car in reverse i need to put it in 5th then go straight down into reverse... if not it makes a grinding noise.. every once in a while i can take it straight to reverse but most time i go to 5th first... anyone else do this or am i just weird

theres a secondary shaft that picks up centrifugal force because of the primary shaft and then you need to go into a forward gear to make it stop spinning then you can go into reverse, otherwise if its spinning and you go the other way with the gears it will grind.

im kinda lost now.... lol so i take it thats normal... should i set in neutral longer and wait for the shaft to stop spinning?

well aaron i say we slap a 2 speed powerglide in there and fix that will fix all the drama. or lets see just grind the hell out of it.. who gives a rats a$$ lol.. jk... we was grinding gears today, def me on that tractor i was busting 2nds.... lloll

yea its normal, my moms 04 TSX does it too. all manuals do it. if you leave the car in neutral for a little bit it will stop itself but its easier just to throw it in a forward gear real quick to stop the shaft then just put it in reverse and your fine. nothing wrong

good, ya chris u was bustin gears in that tractor.... once that thing hit 3rd it was gone but i told u we wasnt gonna get that dump truck unstuck.... that reminds me that dump truck grinded the hell outta reverse everytime

and all this talk about recording stuff we really need to.... we could make our own show with all the **** we do like the donuts at the hotel and at the mall (just so ppl know what im talking about we had like 10 cars doing donuts and burnouts in the middle of the mall parking lot the othernight including me chris and his dad in the vette) we also go some stupid stuff like that tractor...... we need to get a sound clip of the work truck on here

ha i know lmao... and first.... but dam when i hit third no one was catching me but it was so dam high geared in third i stalled everytime going into third. but i was out.... about the dump truck were not getting it out... forget that i am getting that out to, and driving it to school to, do u wana race it also... huh..... because ill bring em both to the 1/4 im not scared....

You think that is bad, I remeber a guy that was showing off in his C5 the other day and missed his 2-3 shift at WOT.

ha lmao sounds funny but i dont know what WOT means but that has to suck to miss a 2nd to 3rd shift showing of fhe had to be going fast...

WOT: wide open throttle

ha ok makes the guy feel more embarassing lmao

Short answer: The T-5's have no synchro mesh for reverse. kAt least the last two WC T-5's I rebuilt had no synchro mesh.

many new manuals don't have synchos for reverse since your supposed to let the engine be at idle first anyway