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924-76 · Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 1489 Location: Ontario, Canada

I swap my tranny for a spare one I have and change the clutch cable and now I can’t engage the reverse rear.

No problem engaging the other gear, 1 to 4, but every time I try to engage the reverse gear I get that
grinding sound and vibration on the shifter stick, like the gear still turning and I can’t get in.

I try starting the car in reverse with the clutch depress and release it to confirm that the reverse gear is functional.

I have no history on this tranny, I was just hoping that it would be better
then the other one that have a small leak and was sometime hard to engage in reverse.

So, what do you thing it is?
Dead synchro?
Cable adjustment?
???
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1976 924 N/A ROW SOLD
1980 931S
1981 931 Part car RIP

gerben1986 · Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 232 Location: The Netherlands

Maybe you need to (re)adjust the clutchcable? That is what it sounds to me.

924-76 · Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 1489 Location: Ontario, Canada

So I guess that I would need to tight it up a bit?
and why it only causing me problem with the reverse gear?
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1976 924 N/A ROW SOLD
1980 931S
1981 931 Part car RIP

Smoothie · Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:58 am Post subject:

Could be the worn shift lever problem (if reverse in the 4-speed shift pattern is the same as in the Audi 5-speed (to the right and back)).
A how-to fix is here - http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=18424
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'82 924T, US version, dark green metallic, 5 speed Audi 016G gearbox

Martijnus · Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 2019 Location: Netherlands

Since we're talking gearboxes... is there a synchro for the reverse gear? And first gear?

Why would there be a synchro? There's no previous gear to sync with...or am I posing a stupid question here?

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924 "50-jahre", 1981.
MSII/extra, LPG, ITB's, 5lug.
To be turbo'ed in a while.
Killed her at the Nurburgring, Porscheless at the moment

924-76 · Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 1489 Location: Ontario, Canada

Problem solved

A warm up tranny and a bit of adjustment did the trick.
Thanks to all.
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1976 924 N/A ROW SOLD
1980 931S
1981 931 Part car RIP

StienbargerR · Joined: 28 Oct 2005 Posts: 1362 Location: Richmond, IN

No reverse syncro.
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1978 924 NA
-250lb lowering springs, Euro Pistons