constantly grinding reverse. any issues?

DerekStangGT

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my car CONSISTANTLY grinds going into reverse. ive had problems with my tranny while under warrenty, like the reverse, 1st, and 3rd gear synchronizers going out. so the other day, i started the car, then revved the engine a little just to hear my exhaust. so i put the car into reverse too quick, when the rpms were still~1500-2000 rpms. there was a LOUD grinding, and my speedo needle jumped to its max position and went back down. i guess its called "pegging". is this bad?? do you think i hurt anything?
 
40th GT said:
In my car, I always go into 5th, neutral and then into reverse. It goes in a lot smoother.
I never had the speedo thing ur talking about but i did always grind reverse ( im guessing its a prob on most of those trannies) but since i started putting it in 5th first it goes in much smoother
 


I do the 5th to reverse thing...and it works great for me too..
 
sweet ,that's good to know. i just bought a 97 gt that just doesn't seem to want to accept the gear and will pop out and grind when i try to back out. but ah... yea i'll try the 5_n_R thing.