lunardeathgod

I know there was TSB about the 2nd gear popping out when decelerating, but mine is a little different, when I shift into 2nd, as soon as let off the clutch, it pop out into neutral and I end up grinding the gear (since my hand is still on the shifter).

I was going to change my tranny fluid first, just to make sure its not that, but could there be another problem? Or should I just take it to honda and have them look at it?

NoTorkS2k

Bent shift fork, or sychro is gone. If its popping out as you described, you got a lot more that just fluid to worry about. Sorry man.

ronnuke

My issue was with third gear same thing. It was worn shift forks and synchros. Rebuilt my transmission and fixed all issues. HTH

lunardeathgod

Ouch, not what I was expecting to hear.

Is it wise to keep driving it then, even if im careful on shifting into second? I can still get into second 95% of the time.

ronnuke

You probably won't damage your transmission driving it for a short while until you can make preparations for getting the transmission rebuilt, since the damage is probably already done (bad synchro, shift fork)
Even though my transmission was grinding and popping out of gear, the gears inside looked like brand new when I disassembled it, the synchros are what is getting damaged by the grinding noise. That being said I would get it rebuilt (or do it yourself) as soon as possible just for the relief from the annoyance of the popping out of gear and grinding. You want to enjoy driving again. Trust me.

lunardeathgod

Looks like I am going to have to start saving pennies. I think the sad part is that the car only has 58k miles on it

Billman250

Taking apart a trans this wed and thursday with the EXACT same problem. The shifter feels like it does not go fully into 2nd, and it pops out and grinds.

I'm sure I will find a damaged drive collar, or bent shift fork, or damaged syncro. or maybe all 3.