At 04:07 PM 4/13/2000 , you wrote:
>With the recent talk on gears and clutch use...I have a 5-speed '99 Dak
>Sport 3.9L, and a question. Anytime I'm in neutral and want to shift into
>reverse, I usually get a terrible gear grinding sound. The only solution
>is to clutch, shift into first, then shift to reverse, all while keeping
>the clutch in. Sometimes it even takes a couple tries. I've had the truck
>for almost one and a half years, and it has been like this since day one.
>My local 5-star dealer said this is normal operation, but that sounds odd
>to me. Granted, this is my first manual transmission and I'm a self-taught
>shifter. What's the word?
>Erik
Reverse gear has no blocking ring or synchronizer. Either put the clutch
in and wait a few seconds then try for reverse, or go into another gear and
then to reverse without letting the clutch out. Perfectly normal, not
many, if any, manual trannys have synchronized reverse.
Mike Schwall
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