| 06-29-2009, 06:47 PM | #1 |
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Gear grind on '99 Civic SI
Hello,
I bought a ’99 Civic SI which will not engage in 4th gear. I can press the clutch and pull the shifter into 4th, but as I let up on the clutch it grinds. The car has 123,000 miles and I believe its odd for a Honda manual tranny to have internal issues like this. Any thoughts on how I should start troubleshooting this? The car was hit in the front and put back together poorly (hood and lights and bumpers all misaligned). Could the tranny problem have anything to do with the accident? Could it be a linkage? -Steve |
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| 07-04-2009, 06:50 AM | #2 |
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Re: Gear grind on '99 Civic SI
Found that my rear engine mount is in bad shape. The entire engine can be rocked by hand. Could this have anything to do with my 4th gear grind??
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| 07-04-2009, 08:26 AM | #3 |
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Re: Gear grind on '99 Civic SI
First thing I would recommend is trying to shift from third to fourth with the car off whil not pressing the clutch pedal. It should go in with about 10 lbs of force. If it doesn't go in it's probly your shift fork. When your driving the car if it goes right into gear after the RPM's drop down then it could be a synchro in the tranny.
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| 07-04-2009, 08:31 AM | #4 |
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Re: Gear grind on '99 Civic SI
I don't think it would be the mount although as a tech I would recommend replacing it. The less the engine moves, the less stuff is likely to get broken. Usually with the rear engine mount the first thing that breaks is the TPS sensor. Mines broke right now. Same motor mounts broke too. lol Good luck though LMK
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