Whenever i go and put the transmission in reverse i have to hold it in or it will jump out and grind. I have to hold it in and ease off the clutch about a quarter until i hear it click in, whats going on here is this normal or something needs fixin. Please help me

 

bump???

 

My 5-speed does that sometimes too. I was told that alot of manuals dont like reverse, but then again I dont know.

 

how high in the rpms are you in? thats happened to me when i tried shifting without payign attention and still be moving. ive also gotten thrown out of 1st.. haha not fun.

 

it does it when im dead stopped and try to put it in reverse!

 

do you push the clutch completely down?

 

yep

 

Does it ever not want to go in? Like when you go to put it into reverse it feels like there isnt even a gear there, and you have to double clutch it in or let the car roll a little so it can slide in? I dont know what that problem would be but thats something my car does sometimes and one of my friends Eclipses does.

 

my car does the same exact thing, really pisses me off cuz when it desides it doesn't want to go into gear it takes at least 2 or 3 tries, and it likes to do it when other people are around[:@]. I've heard that it can either be the lock out solenoid, or the synchro, yes the t-56 has a synchro for reverse. No definitive answer on how to really tell which it could be, or if could be something else. I really wish that we could get a answer from someone who's had this problem and has done a tranny rebuild and could report thier findings.

 

That would happen to me, but in second gear. It got worse and then it wouldn't go into second. I had the tranny rebuilt and found out I needed 1st to 2nd synchro assembly and a newsecond gear (this was on top of the rebuild kit I bought).

I also needed a new input shaft(which would explain the low grinding sound in 4th @ all rpms), and a new 5th-6th synchro assembly. The tranny had about 190k in it btw.