I am new to a 5sp Dodge CTD. So, bear with me....

Is it normal to need to rock the truck a bit in 1St so that I can get the shifter to go into Reverse?

TJ

 

Nope !<br><br> : Eddie : 8)

 

I just figured that every truck had a bit of a sweet spot for getting it into reverse. I find I need to move the truck about a foot or so to get the reverse to lock in. If not, it grinds and won't go into reverse at all.<br><br>TJ

 

I know, totally different animal, but. . .<br><br>On my Toyota, most of the time to get it into reverse I had to push in the clutch,<br>try reverse,<br>let clutch out, (in N) :<br>push clutch in again,<br>go into reverse smooth as bottom of baby.<br><br>Soon I just skipped step 2 and had no problems.<br><br>No idea if Toyota's had synchros or whatever, but it worked.<br><br>Just in idea.<br><br>phox

 

My 97 has been tough to get into reverse since the day I got it. Im about to put a South Bend in her and we'll see if that helps <br> Wheels

 

In my experience, it seems like most will eventually get in a bind of some kind and need to be nudged a little in some way to get it to go into gear, any gear,sittin still. If its an every time thing and/or gettin worse, and spreading to other gears, first and third come to mind, watch for problems(going out) IMO It may not have a thing to do with it, but I had the fifth gear nut back off twice on the 98.5 that I had and hard shifts(or hard to get to go in gear) were the warning signs. Unfortunately,sooner not later, I called the last one within two days of actually happening.