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Hi guys,
As title says, when i put the car into reverse gear it goes in but crunches and grinds like when you try and engage a gear before dipping the clutch. As i reverse off my drive i'm worried that i'll damage the gearbox.
I've tried double clutching and starting the engine with the clutch down but it always happens. Any ideas?
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"Crunch" When Put Into Reverse happens every time, is this normal?
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 03:39 PM
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 04:29 PM
Mine does this on starting. I think you have to give it 10 secs or so after start up and it won't crunch. Unless this is happening all the time?
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 05:43 PM
I've not had one Ford that this didn't happen to every so often. Select a forward gear then try again . If it still happens, select first, move forward slightly and then try again. It works for me.
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 06:03 PM
You should alsways start a car with the clutch in, takes a load off the flywheel apparently.
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 06:12 PM
I always do .. so that is not the problem 
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 06:38 PM
Its normal, the IB5 gearbox does not have a syncro mesh on the reverse gear. 
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 06:53 PM
my frp does it everytime i put it in gear it only started doing it after i had the helix installed , apparently another garage told me it was because the release bearing wasnt installed properly on refitting.
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Posted 16 February 2010 - 10:24 AM
OK i'll try putting it into 1st gear before reverse to see if it makes a difference. It does it every time, so its not just an intermittent issue. Does this crunching cause any damage is probably the most important question?
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Posted 17 February 2010 - 07:01 PM
It's normal, it happened with my old Mk5 Fiesta too. If I remember correctly, it says in the manual to hold the clutch in for a few seconds before trying to engage reverse, this usually does the trick for me. If not, then pushing it in and out of 3rd before going into reverse seems to work for some reason!
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Posted 17 February 2010 - 07:06 PM
dojocasino, on 17 February 2010 - 07:01 PM, said:
pushing it in and out of 3rd before going into reverse seems to work for some reason!
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Posted 20 February 2010 - 03:31 PM
ensure you are fully stopped, hold clutch down for 3 seconds, then select reverse. that was what ford said when asked about this.
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Posted 26 February 2010 - 11:12 PM
Mine does this sometimes. I find if I take the pressure off the gearstick then lift and lower the clutch pedal then it will go into reverse.
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Posted 27 February 2010 - 01:59 PM
Putting into 3rd before reverse works every time! Genius! :-)
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