Hey,

So Today I noticed when I bring the car up above 6k, it grind HARD going into third. First time it happened, it scared me bacause i have barley EVER grinded a gear before with this car. I just recently installed a short throw shifter(B&M) I Did NOT put the plastic bushings back between the change rod and the shifter it self, I just used the B&M bushings as i could not fit the stock ones and them in.
My change rod is slightly rusted, and I can almost squeeze the fork together if I tried, its slightly weak. If I purchased a new one, would it improve the play i have on the shifter in the gear?
Now the large grind into 3rd is scary, butr fixable, right?
The MAJOR problem is that I have NO REVERSE now. I cannot coax it into reverse, I have all other gears, except reverse. I can't even put it manually into reverse under the car with my hands on the change rod.

Question is, how much am I going to have to replace, as my baby is at the Honda dealership, and going to be looked at tomorrow, please help guy!

00 Civic Si, B16A2.
energy shifter bushings
B&M Short throw.

 

might sound lame, but ya sure you put the shifter in right and not reversed?
if it started grinding after the short shifter being instaled then i would unbolt the shifter and turn it 180degrees and see how it acts after that.....

 

You should know, that underneath a Civic(00) the shifter is straight, and completly reversable(atleast the B&M i have) is. But yes, it is installed correct.
It worked great after i installed it(3 weeks ago) it worked great until today....

 

o ya it sthe other conector rod thats curved, my bad......
might be having bad tranny problems.... when switching to a short throw ya want to force it further so maybe that had caused a problem internaly. hard to tell....i always shift pretty low rpm myself.

 

Ugh... noo... lol
Its a new tranny though, which bugs me. I never abused it, or anything. I only shift high when im playing, or racing, etc.

 

well if its a pretty new tranny i would talk to the place that rebuilt it...... somethings not right......

just be glad your car doesnt weigh that much and you can simply push it backwards till ya get reverse fixed

good luck

 

haha, yeah i had to do that out of my garage, and at tim hortons, so embarassing... lol
I 'm not driving it, its sitting at the Honda dealership untill tomorrow whenthey diagnois the damage, and then the place that rebuilt it is getting a call if its bad, because its still under warranty.

 

While you were under the car, did you happen to see if the new shifter was hitting your exhaust? thats what happened to me and it wouldnt shift into gears.

 

No it was all good.

News is in guys, the transmission is gone. Now im in debt...

 

Didnt they give you a warranty when they fixed your transmission the last time?