I have a GD8 MT and it seems like its starting to fight me to go into reverse... Im getting ready to Flush my tranny fluid. I hope that helps... Any one else have this problem?

 

dont drive your car read my thread gd3 tranny toast save yourself a huge repair a bolt on thr shift select rodinside the tranny is falling out i ignored the problem now i need gearsets 1 2 3 4 5 R and a diff the bolt falls ontop of the mainshaft and countershaft and destroys your transmission

 

put it in first gear... roll just a tad forward then put it in reverse. WHAM slides in like butter. All Hondas get like that.

 

That's how I used to do it in my old 94 Integra. First gear in then to reverse. I didn't have to move forward though.

 

yep, most MT's ive driven have had some instances where it was hard to get into rev or 1st for that matter. as posted above, it does help to roll the car forward or aft and double, even triple clutch at times.

i would also keep the issue turbo mentioned above as precaution
if you keep having problems getting into reverse and progressively worsens.

 

Probably because you have a GD8, it's mutating. j/k

 

ge8 haha!!!!!!!!

 

All Honda MT's need to be put in a forward gear immediately prior to engaging Reverse. If you try going from Neutral to Reverse, you'll either be met with not being able to engage it, or a nasty, grinding noise followed by the Reverse gear engaging. Save yourself trouble and get in the habit of 1st --> R

 

^^ this is true. i find myself putting into 1st gear - Neutral (clutch out) - (clutchin) then rev.

so basically double clutching.

 

The GD8 is the Fit Aria VTEC...yes, never sold in the Americas. FYI

 

alright i feel dumb, I have a GD and its an 08....., so whats it called? OH and the first to reverse thing, awesome it does slide in like butter. Thanks!!!!

 

haha you can just call it a gd3. or if you want to be more specific, an 08 gd3 or an 08 honda fit.

 

Yup dats true jdmchris all hondas do dat, my ef did dat my da and eg's did it aswell. Like trancedsailor said make it a habit. Lol i juss realized dat i would actually do dat. Lol i guess it was juss nornal.

 

I just flushed and changed my MT fluid. I used Honda mtf which is clear, what came out was black!

 

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Technically not all hondas do that. My GD3 is the very first one I've driven that hasn't! I must have the perfect gearset lol

For reverse it actually slides a gear between two others, unlike 1-5 where it slides a hub. The ends of that gear's teeth has a beveled edge so it can self-align somewhat but for some reason on most hondas when the 5th gear synchro stops the mainshaft those teeth just wind up aligned with one of the other two gears keeping it from going in. When you shift to any other gear it rotates the mainshaft just slightly, rotating the gear so it isn't going flat edge on flat edge anymore.