Posted: 4/22/2014 2:17:49 PM EDT
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Hey guys, I'm looking at selling my 2004 Civic pretty soon and have an annoying problem I'd like to get fixed first.
Sometimes it doesn't want to shift into reverse. There's nothing blocking it, no grinding...it's just like there's nothing there and I don't hear the telltale "snick" sound of it going into gear...it kind of feels mushy. After a few times it will eventually go into gear and work fine. Any ideas what it might be? Expensive/cheap to repair? Thanks for any help. |
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About time for a new clutch and pressure plate. wouldn't that effect all the gears not just reverse? Always seems to affect reverse first. Ok gotcha. What sort of prices should I expect to pay for these possibilities? |
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About time for a new clutch and pressure plate. wouldn't that effect all the gears not just reverse? Always seems to affect reverse first. Ok gotcha. What sort of prices should I expect to pay for these possibilities? $700-$1000 if you pay someone to do it. Check the master and slave unit to make sure they are not leaking internally first. |
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About time for a new clutch and pressure plate. wouldn't that effect all the gears not just reverse? Always seems to affect reverse first. Ok gotcha. What sort of prices should I expect to pay for these possibilities? $700-$1000 if you pay someone to do it. Check the master and slave unit to make sure they are not leaking internally first. Ok will do. Thanks a lot. $700 totally isn't worth it for a car I'm going to sell anyway.... |
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Could be a number of things.
Reverse isn't synchronized, but all forward gears are. If you have a hydraulic problem, and the clutch isn't completely disengaging, often it'll be tough to get into reverse. Does it grind at all when you try to get into reverse? Have you tried double clutching it before putting it into reverse? Basically shift into neutral with the car stopped, let out the clutch, then push the clutch in and shift into reverse. Does it get better? Putting it in neutral with the clutch out (and the car stopped) will spin up the input shaft and can sometimes help align the dog clutch to the splines. It might just be shifter bushings (at the shifter or on the transmission). If things get squishy and the cable aren't correctly lined up, it can get hard to shift. RF |
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Due to reverse being unsynchronized it can be hard to engage which in turn wears out bushings, linkages, etc. Its pretty common on most vehicles for rev to be a slight pita to get into. I wouldn't worry to much about it myself.
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