Grind when shifting into first gear, why? Mista Bone you must know!
 

Ever since I've had my civic (about a month or so) it grinds when I shift into first. This is a 92 civic dx with stock d15b7 and dx tranny. When I am at a stop and depress the clutch and shift into gear right away, it grinds. If I depress the cluth and then wait a couple seconds before I shift there is no grind. I absolutely cannot downshift into first when I am moving, it grinds like mad. I have already installed a shift stabilizer bushing kit and that did not fix the problem. What causes this and how can I fix it? I really don't know much at all about the inner workings of a tranny.

Re: Grind when shifting into first gear, why? Mista Bone you must know!
 

well i dont think u can fix this one if u dont know trannies
bad synchros
just start on 2nd

Re: Grind when shifting into first gear, why? Mista Bone you must know!
 

is the motor idling fast and then for that few seconds slows down idle?

Re: Grind when shifting into first gear, why? Mista Bone you must know!
 

A person not knowing how to drive is what causes it. How can you fix it? just replace the whole tranny, not like a DX trans is anything special anyways. Get on the hunt for a Y8 Trans... or a Z6 if you cant find a y8. You can find them pretty cheap, I got a mint y8 trans for 150 for my hatch, and its been working great.

Re: Grind when shifting into first gear, why? Mista Bone you must know!
 

No, engine speed is completely unrelated and stays the same.

I figured that would be the case. I plan on swapping the engine/tranny eventually probably with a Z6 so I guess I'll just deal with the slight grindage for now. It's not a huge deal, I just basically can't downshift into first.

Re: Grind when shifting into first gear, why? Mista Bone you must know!
 

Jago, switch to GM syncromesh Friction modified fluid for the tranny... i bet that would either entirely eliminate it or go pretty far to making it better

Re: Grind when shifting into first gear, why? Mista Bone you must know!
 

bad/worn 1-2 shifter fork.........simple fix once tranny is torn apart........

did a perfect 2-1 downshift tonight at 30 mph apexing a tight 90 degree LH corner...........on a stock DX tranny :)

How much of a grind you get on a hard high rpm 2-3 upshift?????

99% of the time, never the synchros.........

Re: Grind when shifting into first gear, why? Mista Bone you must know!
 

I get no grind when I do that. So I guess the tranny is in pretty good shape except for that damn first gear thing.

Re: Grind when shifting into first gear, why? Mista Bone you must know!
 

I've always had a 1-2 grind at high rpm shifts on m z6 tranny, I just ignore it.

Re: Grind when shifting into first gear, why? Mista Bone you must know!
 

check the clutch fluid, maybe even change it.