How often do you guys grind your gears? - Honda Prelude Forum

Shukuchi_SH · 02-15-2002, 09:15 PM

How many times do you guys grind your gears, lets say, in a month?

I've been grinding on second recently. At least twice a week.
Does this happen to even good drivers?

Will grinding at least twice a week, send my a** to buy a new clutch very soon?

How long does a clutch last?

How much pain can a factory clutch endure?

Hawks10 · 02-16-2002, 01:21 AM

I am lazy and grind probably twice a month....usually after work....or class....

athakur999 · 02-16-2002, 12:41 PM

Same here. Maybe once or twice a month. Almost always when dealing with the speed bumps in my apartment complex...

I probably stall my car once every two months or so too. Ah well, can't be perfect all the time

ameoba · 02-16-2002, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by athakur999
Same here. Maybe once or twice a month. Almost always when dealing with the speed bumps in my apartment complex...

I probably stall my car once every two months or so too. Ah well, can't be perfect all the time

i stalled out yesterday, i felt dumb...

.. good to hear people admit it, props dude

i don't grind to often.. its weird though, cause i will have the clutch in, just lazy shifting and i will dickaround with the stick and put it in second then nuetral then back toi second, but it will grind,, alll this is while the clutch is in, does this happen top yall.. its kinda weird, hasn't happened in a while.

polorl57 · 02-16-2002, 04:17 PM

lol...i barely grind that much at at all..but i just grinded today..lol...my friend was in the car with me and was shocked!! lol...

Prelude Racer · 02-16-2002, 04:19 PM

haha i stalled yesterday in my drive way and my friends who are neighbors was outside lookin at me and they busted up laughin sayin how can u stall your on car

soccer3303 · 02-16-2002, 05:38 PM

when i was just learning to drive this car i grinded about 2 a week for a month, since then im about 1 time a month MAX, and when i do it, "i feel like punching my self" <--- can anyone guess where that quote is from and who said it? Major props to who can figure it out.

axngen · 02-16-2002, 07:05 PM

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Originally posted by Prelude Racer
haha i stalled yesterday in my drive way and my friends who are neighbors was outside lookin at me and they busted up laughin sayin how can u stall your on car

not an english major?

SOICEEE · 02-16-2002, 07:31 PM

For some reason I havent grinded gears yet???!!

I have only stalled a handful of times, its usually when i am tired or something. I have had the car since september and i hear that its hard to put into 1st and/or reverse, but i havent really had that problem either. I guess that i am just lucky or something.

SOICEEE · 02-16-2002, 07:32 PM

Shukuchi_SH-- wanna race????

BlackLude98 · 02-16-2002, 07:38 PM

In my prelude - i have never grinded any other gears except 1st to second and its usually when accelerating, not lazy shifting at all. I don't know - i've done it prolly 50 times in the life of the prelude. Seems like everybody complains of the 2nd gear grind.

~Alex

dohcpower v2.0 · 02-16-2002, 09:36 PM

when i'm zipping around, and racing peeps, 1st to 2nd grinds a lot. I say about once a week on that. Need to change the tranny fluid, but i only have 1qt at the house, and i honda ain't open tommrow.

Shukuchi_SH · 02-17-2002, 04:04 AM

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Originally posted by SOICEEE
Shukuchi_SH-- wanna race????

Picking on the guy who only have been driving stick for a few weeks eh?

I accept your challenge

Where? When?

02-17-2002, 12:01 PM

once in a while when I'm trying to go fast ....

Johnny33 · 02-17-2002, 05:18 PM

i grinded last week... was shifting and hit a bump in the road - foot came off the clutch and GRSRETRYGDFGDFGDG.. that nasty sound!!

and it's not the clutch that gets screwed when u grind, it's ur tranny.. the synchro's and stuff if I'm not mistaken... do it too often and u will start "popping-out" of gear..

i grind about once a month maybe. the most wear on your clutch happens when you launch, ride, or burn the clutch.. if you race a lot, esp. if u rev really high to launch, ur clutch won't last very long..

ameoba · 02-17-2002, 06:13 PM

yeah, thats what i figured it was, but it is kinda kreepy, nopt sure if it has ever happened to you.. i pretty much knew what it was so it didn't really bother me

Prelude Racer · 02-17-2002, 10:52 PM

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Originally posted by axngen

not an english major?

No, I am not an english major. Aight damn i am just kickin back relaxin typin as i feel dun need to be all proper

axngen · 02-17-2002, 10:52 PM

i grind once in a while when i fail to put the clutch down all the way when shifting...always happens from 2nd to 3rd...or from 4th to 5th...