Got a 03 Forester. Car works great. Already had 120k. Anyway last week I got something in my mind and was driving in the rain. I was driving at 80km/h and saw a red light few blocks from down the road. I accidentally shifted down to rear gear instead of 4th. I heard grinding noise when releasing the clutch. So I quickly disengaged it again.
My question is whether I'd already done something bad to my car or not. It's still runing OK right now.
Thanks.
I think this should not be possible i.e. you should not be able, at all, to shift into rear gear while moving forward.
Don't Subaru manual transmissions have a synchro lock of some sorts preventing this from ever occuring? I suspect you probably never fully shifted, because it should be impossible to do (is it???), and therefore suffered no serious damage.
I am not a mechanic though and maybe totally wrong. Lets hope someone in the know illuminates this interesting issue.
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Reverse isn't synchronized. That's why it grinds.
It's possible to shift into any forward gear while rolling backwards because all forward gears are synchronized.
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