78NOVA

3rd is the only gear that grinds sometimes. rev matching is fun. hell std 4 speeds are great if you love 3000 rpm highway rolls.......well 3300 at 70!!

BigD

Anyway to know which? I would hate to put in a new clutch just to have the same problem.

Walter

u can test how clutch works through... like ppl above say , sometimes i get sameproblem with 1st gear but i engage 2 and down to 1st and no problem, i havent any problem with 3through ,yes with 4 :1

gen4acclude

drain the fluid look for shavings or metal flakies, were talkin little tiny flake smell the fluid if it has a burnt smell probbibly should look for a tranny, i had an accord that did some wierd ---- like yours and it was the syncros after i took it to a tranny shop and had it test drove thats what they told me to do, but try some royal purple syncromesh before you rip the tranny out and replace it and just trow a new clutch in it with the new tranny and run the royale purple ---- in it i sware by the ----

BigD

Well I have some Honda MTF that I was going to swap in to the Slo before I sold it. I might try this and see. I sure hope it's just a shitty clutch over a shitty tranny.

gen4acclude

the honda mtf is well garbage in my book that was in my accord when it started acting up take it back to honda get your 20 some dollars back and go get two qts of the RP syncromesh for 16 and go buy a burger

SDRAWKCAB

If its hydraulic, have you bled the master and slave cylinder?
My buddys car hard shifted, the clutch wasn't fully disengaged.
bled the system works fine now.
Just throwing out all options.

gen4acclude

could be air in the line just crack the bleeder valve let it drain from gravity just keep the resevor (spell check) full, or use a power bleed like i do

BigD

I noticed I am having to push the clutch in about 6" before it will go into gear also. I know on my Del Sol I only pushed it in about 3, so is this normal? I haven't bled it yet. I think I have to have a vacuum tool for that right?

stenseltizm

not really. make sure the reseviour(can't spell it either) is full, crack the bleed line and let gravity draw some fluid through like gen 4 said. If you let the res. get too low you have to start over.

or if you have two people, just bleed it like you would brakes (press hold clutch, crack bleed line until fluid pressure drops, retighten line, release pedal, pump and repeat)