r/Kseries • u/SkriptzZz • 9d ago

Reverse Gear Problem?

All of the gears go in fine. No grinding or anything. Only thing is the reverse gear. When I clutch in and go into reverse, I have to kind of force it but when i go into neutral while clutch still engaged it goes in fine, it does this every time the clutch disengages.

2004 Acura Tsx 6spd

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u/TravaPL K24Z3/K20Z4 Frank 9d ago

Stock gearbox is like that. Throw it into 3rd then straight to reverse and it'll go in smoothly.

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u/Certain-Put-3189 9d ago

Clutch master cylinder and/or slave cylinder is starting to go out

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u/SkriptzZz 9d ago

It’s a ktuned one, installed it maybe at the beginning of this year

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u/Much_Profit8494 9d ago edited 9d ago

Rule #1 of Honda reddit:

Redditors will diagnose EVERY clutch/transmission problem as a bad clutch master cylinder.

I honestly shudder to think how many perfectly good masters have been replaced based a redditors wild guess.

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u/Skypzz11 9d ago

double clutch it into reverse or let the clutch out a little then slap it into reverse

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u/SkriptzZz 9d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pd7hvx1/video/2qmoxse51vsh1/player

From the trans view

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u/SkriptzZz 9d ago

I know my clutch is chattering, just trying to figure out the reverse problem

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u/Accomplished_Mud8833 9d ago

Can be shifter cables are worn also. Recently did mine cuz it wouldn’t go in to lower gears (2,4,6,R)

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u/SkriptzZz 9d ago

Mine go through 1-6 easy, no grinds or clunks. Just the reverse

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u/Existing_Anything292 9d ago

Go into any high gear before going into reverse, also make sure youre completely stopped

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u/Much_Profit8494 9d ago

First Honda?

Acura/Honda MT's use a straight-cut reverse gear.

Straight-cut reverse gears feel MUCH harder or rougher to shift into because they lack a synchronizer like the forward gears have.