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brucepick · 11-06-2011, 07:14 PM

I used to shift our old '76 Corolla 4-spd without clutching.

I might have tried it on my current Civic but the 4th + 5th speed synchro rings seem to be going bad. Every so often it will grind when I slip it into gear, with the clutch down.

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brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	I used to shift our old '76 Corolla 4-spd without clutching. I might have tried it on my current Civic but the 4th + 5th speed synchro rings seem to be going bad. Every so often it will grind when I slip it into gear, with the clutch down. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016.