Car stuck/jammed in 1st gear after service :(

[JasonGilholme]

Must have been pretty loose for a magnet to pull it out. Or some other things are a miss.

Get it checked out by a mech. At least take the box of yourself though and take the box to a mech. They'll charge you too much for removal and reinstall otherwise.

[beeza]

Must have been pretty loose for a magnet to pull it out. Or some other things are a miss.

Get it checked out by a mech. At least take the box of yourself though and take the box to a mech. They'll charge you too much for removal and reinstall otherwise.

Oh really.

Thanks heaps Jase,I hope we can sort it out quickly!

[CRXer]

wheres the spring that was holding in the ball bearing beez,ive seen no mention of that?

[Sir_vtec]

Whatever u do dont start your car up less you got your foot in the clutch lol

[beeza]

No I didn't know there was one.I didn't see one either.I can only check tomorrow..

[CRXer]

should be a spring between the end of the bolt & the ball bearing to push the ball bearing into the detents on the shift fork.
find it,put it & ball bearing back in & have a good search around with the gearstick to see if u can find the selection.
im def no expert on g/boxs but the only thing i can picture is the selector has overrun the 1st/2nd gate.
maybe u can find it again with the gearstick if the detent bearing is back in place.....

[beeza]

should be a spring between the end of the bolt & the ball bearing to push the ball bearing into the detents on the shift fork.
find it,put it & ball bearing back in & have a good search around with the gearstick to see if u can find the selection.
im def no expert on g/boxs but the only thing i can picture is the selector has overrun the 1st/2nd gate.
maybe u can find it again with the gearstick if the detent bearing is back in place.....

Thank mate,I see.I will do!

Because the car was started,put into reverse then 1st could the ball bearing and the spring be loose in the gearbox somewhere? That's what it's looking like?

[CRXer]

thought u said the ball bearing was not put back in the box?

ball bearing & spring cant get past the shift fork shaft to fall into the box.

i cant see how the shift fork would dislodge from the synchro hub,so all i can see is the selector has come out of the gate,when u went to pull it outta first & first is still hooked up.If u put the spring & ball back in it might help u find the gate if u hunt around with the gearstick where 1st usually is. Dont know ,i could be way off the mark.

when u pulled the bolt out,the spring might got stuck to it & it dropped off without u noticing,kinda like the little drive link in the VSS does to some people.
have a look around in the motor under where u pulled the bolt out & maybe on the ground where u were working.

[beeza]

Thank U!!

I did put the ball bearing back in.I will have a good hunt around for the spring and a fiddle,see what we can do.

Hopefully find the bits and put em back in!

[beeza]

Thanks CRX'er!!!!

[markoJEK1]

that ball bearing you found is from one of the selector detents.

sorry to say, but for as proper fix, the box has to come out and pulled apart to put it back and find out why it came out in the 1st place.

Words stolen out of my mouth. Exactly what ecu-man said, I dont know why you were trying to fill it through 'a dip stick hole looking hole' but if you smart enough you can buy those tiny hand pumps from autobarn for $20 and filled the box properly - through the filler hole.

Bad luck on the back yard mechanics Gio, good luck on the repair.

[beeza]

Hey guys.

We sorted it all out. Went to honda wreck and got another spring (thanks crxer). The old bolt had basically swallowed the ball bearing cause there was no spring in there. The bolt was therefor warped and the spring was MIA.

We threw out the old bolt+ball bearing and put in the new spring, ball bearing and bolt. Works like a charm. Thanks so much guys

Chris.

Beeza says thanks lads too.