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JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:44 am
by Baddog
Bought a JDM 5 speed tranny. The 96 4.11 Close ratio 5 speed. Claimed to have ~45k miles on it. Heh. Well all the forward gears are beautiful. No shaft play. Nothing. However it will not go into reverse. It feels like it's locking me out. And every once in a while if I cram it really hard it will go right in.
1 out of every 50 or times it will finally go into reverse. Any ideas as to what is causing this?
Re: JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 6:15 am
by subaru_styles
not sure it it will help but have you tried shifting into 2nd, then going into reverse
Re: JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 6:34 am
by rallyak
Does it shift in reverse with engine off?
Re: JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:40 pm
by cj91legss
Im wondering if theres a problem with the fork or something lodged in there.
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Re: JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 6:41 pm
by Pythonmsh
subaru_styles wrote:not sure it it will help but have you tried shifting into 2nd, then going into reverse
The only way we can get it to go into reverse is from 2nd to reverse. but it's still a pretty rare chance.
-The owner of the car.
Re: JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:04 pm
by cj91legss
Hmm, as crappy as this seems, it may be worth it to you to open it up and check out the gearset.
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Re: JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:19 pm
by Pythonmsh
cj91legss wrote:Hmm, as crappy as this seems, it may be worth it to you to open it up and check out the gearset.
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Figured that much. It's weird, when it goes it goes extremely smoothly though.
Re: JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:44 pm
by cj91legss
There could be a problem with the fork, or maybe the bearing for the shift fork rod is getting stuck. Bad spring or missing spring.
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Re: JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 7:56 pm
by Pythonmsh
cj91legss wrote:There could be a problem with the fork, or maybe the bearing for the shift fork rod is getting stuck. Bad spring or missing spring.
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Just have to wait and see. I'll let ya'll know.
Re: JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:52 pm
by alexandermf
I second the fork problem, happened to my fork, got bent somehow and wouldnt go into reverse
Re: JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:28 pm
by rallyak
The reason I asked if it will go it reverse when the engine is off, could be pilot bearing. More than likely its in side the Transmission. If the pilot bearing is bad it will continue to spin the input shaft making it hard to get in reverse.
Re: JDM 5 speed...No reverse?
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:59 pm
by Pythonmsh
rallyak wrote:The reason I asked if it will go it reverse when the engine is off, could be pilot bearing. More than likely its in side the Transmission. If the pilot bearing is bad it will continue to spin the input shaft making it hard to get in reverse.
No difference on or off.