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[Main C900 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos more detail than you probably want... Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by JimBlake [Email] (#141) [Profile/Gallery] (more from JimBlake) on Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:46:05 In Reply to: Re: To put in reverse, there's a collar on the shaft of >>, William Little, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:54:29 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Wow. This thread came back from the dead...

Notice that reverse isn't quite straight down from 5th. You have to move a little bit further to the right. The collar on the shift lever SIMPLY lifts a pin at the bottom end of the lever, so the lever can move that last bit to the right. It's pretty common for that little pin to be either broken or adjusted wrong. That's completely un-related to the grinding.

The grinding is because the transmission is still spinning, and reverse doesn't have a synchro. Read my post in this thread about 'any forward gear'. Compared to most other cars, the C900 transmission's input shaft seems to have a lot more rotational inertia. So when you want to shift into reverse you have to wait a bit longer for it to coast to a stop.

The car's also old enough... Maybe the clutch is dragging a little bit? So when you press down the pedal it's not COMPLETELY disengaged? Use one of the forward (synchronized) gears to get the input shaft stopped. Then shift into reverse. This same thing goes for any ToyoHondAcurNizzan whatever. Almost nobody puts synchronizers on reverse.


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• driving a 5spd, janie, Tue, 7 May 2002 14:37:49
  • If you stall out, turn the key to the off position., Polo, Wed, 8 May 2002 00:12:42
  • ALWAYS put the clutch in when starting especially...., Gehn, Tue, 7 May 2002 18:23:16
  • To put in reverse, there's a collar on the shaft of >>, Tcar, Tue, 7 May 2002 16:04:06
    • Re: To put in reverse, there's a collar on the shaft of >>, William Little, Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:54:29
      • more detail than you probably want..., JimBlake , Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:46:05 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Always move selector to a forward gear..., GregD, Tue, 7 May 2002 15:52:30
    • Hey Greg D. whats the logic?, jkel, Wed, 8 May 2002 02:26:46
      • any forward gear, JimBlake , Wed, 8 May 2002 08:54:16
        • Re: any forward gear, jkel, Sat, 11 May 2002 02:27:37
        • Couldn't have said it better! nm, GregD, Wed, 8 May 2002 09:11:35
  • Re: driving a 5spd, Jon , Tue, 7 May 2002 15:00:00

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