Troubles for reverse

[Jake Weber]

So my car will grind putting it into reverse and slams in and sounds so bad. Ive done multiple ajustments and bleeding the lines. Car was having problems shifting into any gears. would only shift smoothly at 2 grand and was impossible downshifting from 3rd to 2nd, would only go into first as im coming to a stop doing 5km. bled it and it shifted better and was able to go into reverse but then within a day was having complications with reverse again. new clutch? new tranny? what do you guys think. cars for sale to if anyones interested    many upgraded parts very clean car haha

[John Hartman]

if it worked ok after a bleed, then got worse, I suggest replacing the clutch master and slave and bleeding it well.

This is not a bad idea even if that turns out not to be the issue as those parts are nearing 20 years old now.

If that is not it, let us know and we can keep diagnosing it.

these parts are around $100 for both.

[Jason Harwood]

Go into 4th, then reverse, see if it grinds then.

[Jake Weber]

I replaced the master and slave 3 days after buying the car as it left me on the side of the road haha. Unless they went again with 2 months of driving. This is what I don't get.

[John Hartman]

yea thats not the issue then I wouldn't think. But new parts do fail.  We see that at work quite a bit.  The parts place has to pay the shop to redo the install.

Bleed it really well again and see what happens.

Then have someone watch the slave and see how far it moves when someone else pushes the clutch in all the way.  Also have them hold the clutch in for a while, really keeping it all the way down.  See if the slave moves even a hair.

Pull off the inspection plate and even the rubber boot behind the slave, where the clutch fork goes into the bellhousing.  Then you can look around in there with a flashlight.