Notchiness while shifting? - Honda Prelude Forum

FGarcia1 · 06-05-2003, 04:24 PM

Stupid question time:

In all gears, I feel and hear a "click" whenever I shift into a gear, I can tell this isn't normal. I feel a little resistance whenever I shift into any gear, does anyone have any idea what this is, and how to fix it? Would changing my trans fluid help?

I have Forbidden's short-shifter, but somehow I don't think that's the cause, nor do I think it has anything to do with it.

EDIT: Oh, and when searching, I saw some posts saying that the "notchiness" is good, but this is too notchy, I can literally hear some clicking going on in the engine bay whenever I shift...

VTEC Shore Lude · 06-05-2003, 08:04 PM

I hear clicking when shifting into Reverse but not the other gears. hows the clutch? how many miles on the tranny? Does it do this for all gears?

FGarcia1 · 06-05-2003, 10:14 PM

Yup, all gears; it's the original transmission, so 103k miles on it, I'm not sure how the clutch "is"... as far as I can tell, it works fine; that is to say, I never have trouble actually engaging a gear, it simply sounds like it's clicking. I'm not mechanically inclined, unfortunately.

Almost every stick-shift I've ever driven has had that clicking sound in Reverse... weird...

brendon2k · 06-06-2003, 02:18 AM

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Originally posted by FGarcia1
Yup, all gears; it's the original transmission, so 103k miles on it, I'm not sure how the clutch "is"... as far as I can tell, it works fine; that is to say, I never have trouble actually engaging a gear, it simply sounds like it's clicking. I'm not mechanically inclined, unfortunately.

Almost every stick-shift I've ever driven has had that clicking sound in Reverse... weird...

i am in the area let me check it out

btw you should go to lfw on saturday.

prelude styl · 06-06-2003, 10:02 AM

the reason the reverse clicks is because there is no synchro for reverse... that's why every car you drive has it, it's not a problem. As per your clicking in every gear... try replacing the trans fluid, may be low.

FGarcia1 · 06-06-2003, 10:17 AM

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Originally posted by brendon2k

i am in the area let me check it out btw you should go to lfw on saturday.

Hehehe...I just might. And yeah, I thought about LFW, but I work every weekend, so no dice...

I wouldn't mind meeting the faces behind the screennames...

h22a193 · 06-06-2003, 11:46 AM

whats the beat place to purchase a jdm tranny, with lsd, for my h22a1, Im sick of not slamming third. How much will this set me back>?

vtecjunkie · 06-09-2003, 12:51 PM

Check your shift linkage cables. Cable shifters like ours do inherently have some notchiness, best word for it i think.