hey guys, on that 89 lude I bought..... when I put it into reverse, it tends to grind....I checked the tranny fluid and it was full, I havent driven the car yet so someone suggested it could be rust on the flywheel since it was sitting for a while and that it would go away when I drove it a while....the clutch is engaging because I can put it in first etc, just that reverse tends to grind, and reverse doesnt have a synchro, any suggestions? thanks....

 

Just align the synchros and the gears. Before shiftiing in reverse run the stick into 1-5 gears and then reverse. This aligns everything so that there's no grindage.

 

so i gotta do that everytime i wanna put it into reverse in order to make it not grind? hehe

 

Ive had to do that on my 86 prelude, my 92 accord, and now my 00 prelude too..


its just the way it is!!!

 

Yep, he's right: it's because 5th and reverse are "aligned", don't worry too much about it, it'll come as a natural action after a short while, besides, you won't be drag racing anyone in reverse (at least i hope not) so time really isn't of the essence when you need to reverse.