If it grinds going in reverse with a good clutch...

[SHO SPD]

I found a LONG time ago with my 89 that if I put it into 3rd then reverse it would NEVER grind. I have told that to a few other people and it works for them too, so if yours grinds, put it into third, then reverse! Let me know if it works.

 

[TheKrazyRaven]

i've done 5th to reverse since the second week i had my SHO

and i wait a few seconds after i come to a complete stop too, havent ground it since september

 

[projectSHO89]

You might want to consider reading either the owner's or the service manual.

This is normal behavior for a transmission with an un-synchronized reverse gear.

Steve

 

[SHO SPD]

projectSHO89:
You might want to consider reading either the owner's or the service manual.

This is normal behavior for a transmission with an un-synchronized reverse gear.

Steve

sure is. No way around that. but you can prevent the grind

 

[91taurisho]

I have always gone into second before reverse and I get no grinds either. Thanks for the info too!!! thumb

 

[SHOPWR]

i have had great luck going from 2nd into reverse. no grinding there thumb

 

[Bizzy]

Rarely do I have a problem now, but on the occasion that I do tis 1st to reverse for me.

 

[Grifter]

I'm a "2nd to Reverse" guy myself.

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

4th to reverse for me

 

[ghostrider]

I do the same, 4th to reverse.

 

[MaDDaDDaM]

Ok...well then I have this question:

Why the **** is reverse unsynchronized??? Every other manual tran on the planet has one, every car I've ever owned has been a manual and no problem going into reverse. Why the **** did Ford chince out on this tranny? There is no reason not to have a synchronized reverse gear...

 

[Venom SHO s7]

If you read the owners manual, youll notice that it specifies to put the clutch all the way in for about 3 full seconds before going into reverse.
If you do that, then you will prevent the grinding going to reverse.
Personally, sometimes I dont feel like waiting still for 3 full seconds ( ) so I do the old... 2 to Reverse, then sometimes that fails so I use 3 to R, or 4 to R, whichever I randomly pick.
Anyways.. hope that helps.
Another quick thing ... the manual also tells you how to adjust your clutch. From what I can remember...you put it in 1st then using your toe, you pull the clutch until you hear a light 'click' I cant remember exactly. but it's in there.

 

[munkee]

Krazyraven, 5th gear is supposed to have a reverse lockout. If you can shift 5th to reverse then something is broken in your trans.

 

[AutoSHO]

Actually, many transmissions have reverse unsynchronized. My 1989 Nissan 240sx had an unsynchronized first gear as well. You just had to get used to it. After the first day of driving I never ground it going into first. I've always shifted 1st-Reverse or 2nd-Reverse, no matter what vehicle it is.

<small>[ January 04, 2004, 05:10 PM: Message edited by: AutoSHO ]</small>

 

[Chris Benvie]

MaDDaDDaM:
Ok...well then I have this question:

Why the **** is reverse unsynchronized??? Every other manual tran on the planet has one, every car I've ever owned has been a manual and no problem going into reverse. Why the **** did Ford chince out on this tranny? There is no reason not to have a synchronized reverse gear...

It wasn't fords fault


1st to reverse for me

 

[jedhead]

Mercedes Benz were the only ones that installed syncros for reverse.

Bob

 

[SonicRiot]

No rear gear syncro.
Come to full stop, pop into 1st (for me anyways) to line it up. No grinding.

Sometimes I can't get it into rear at all, so I just roll foward or backward about a foot to line it all up. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[AutoSHO]

SonicRiot:
No rear gear syncro.
Come to full stop, pop into 1st (for me anyways) to line it up. No grinding.

Sometimes I can't get it into rear at all, so I just roll foward or backward about a foot to line it all up. Anyone else have this problem?

Yup... it happens.

 

[Rob94]

Yes, it happens on occasion to me as well. A foot is a tad extreme. I literally ease out the clutch until the car creeps, then hit reverse.

 

[billyshoe]

There is a phenomenon called clutch drag that can be so much of a problem that there is at times just no way it droping into reverse without cramming it, sometimes it won't go in period. Its not so much of a mystery. Some of this problem my be ampified by a sloppy linkage/cable bushing. Clutch drag would be caused by a t/o bearing and or diaphram finger problem. At the same time all forward gears seem ok.