S15 6 speed wont go into reverse

[s15ca]

Hey, guys got an s15 with the 6 speed in it. every so often the car won't shift into reverse. it was working fine all day until I tried to park it. any ideas?

[mechanicalmoron]

Put it in first, drive a few inches, stop and without letting the clutch out, firmly but gently shift into reverse.

The teeth are not lined up, it's pretty normal to have to work a manual into reverse sometimes. Don't force it, it should take about 1.3x the force of shifting into another gear, but at a more defined point.

[s15ca]

just went down to my parkade and tried that no luck still.

[mechanicalmoron]

just went down to my parkade and tried that no luck still.

....No symptoms, it simply won't go?

I suppose it's possible that you did something you're not mentioning, and broke a fork or other linkage part... it's conceivable something just fell off, but very unlikely, if it's been intermittent, that points at it being your shifting technique.

To be clear, you didn't just try it once? Again with the "work" it in.... sync other gears and back to reverse, roll car and back to reverse, until you can at least produce more symptoms or information.
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[s15ca]

so i got into reverse today by slamming it in reverse at about 5 km/h? is this common with this transmission?

[mechanicalmoron]

so i got into reverse today by slamming it in reverse at about 5 km/h? is this common with this transmission?

If reverse will go at all, it's almost always the driver's fault.... do that and you will break it, and then reverse won't go, and will also be your fault.

That's not common with any functional transmission... but everything you say makes it sound fine, and like the gear isn't lined up, and you're shifting it like fast and the furious.... that's just not how it works, you'll have to develop some touch for it.

[240sex_s14]

As mentioned above, the gears are not lined up. I would recommend taking it apart and rebuilding it or do an inspection to see nothing it broken. My current transmission wont go into reverse but that's because the clutch is blown.