Is it only in certain gears or is it all gears? It is normal on our car for 1st to second and second to third to do this but not for all of them. You might need to adjust the throw on your clutch pedal.
lockout in vtec
So i recently got a 2009 civic si. 301,450 km. When doing pulls in any gear and trying to shift you get a lockout that will prevent you from shifting over 6k rpm. As soon as the revs drop below that it pops right in no problem. It’s super annoying cause it only does it when you drive it hard and are trying to shift fast. There’s no grinds it just completely locks out like there’s a brick wall in front of the gear. Any ideas on what the issue could be?
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it is all gears i can post a video of it. I have already tried adjusting my clutch pedal/cmc to no avail.Is it only in certain gears or is it all gears? It is normal on our car for 1st to second and second to third to do this but not for all of them. You might need to adjust the throw on your clutch pedal.
Here is a link to a youtube video showing my fastest possible shifts with the issue. another vid of some trash 8th gen shifting lockout.
I would recommend looking in the engine bay, near the shifter cables to be exact. Make sure nothing is there blocking the cables from moving fully. Next option I can think of is maybe your CMC/Slave cylinders are starting to go, or your cables are stretched. I would recommend starting with the cmc and slave cylinder though as those control the fluid moving from the clutch pedal to the clutch engagement/disengagement and if the fluid is delayed it could mean that the clutch is not fully disengaging, hence the resistance pushing it in gear. Before you replace those I would recommend draining the clutch fluid and replacing with new brake fluid and bleeding them. This honestly could just be the root of the problem
i have ordered the hybrid racing cmc and am going to install when it arrives and see if that is the issue. i know my shifter cables are stretched a bit because i have a lot of play in the shifter when in gear. this shouldn’t cause lockout though. Thanks for the info i’m gonna try to stick it out until the cmc comes in but it’s getting worse and worse to the point where 2nd and third grind if you aren’t careful with the shifter and reverse will grind at a complete stop if you don’t put it into another gear first.I would recommend looking in the engine bay, near the shifter cables to be exact. Make sure nothing is there blocking the cables from moving fully. Next option I can think of is maybe your CMC/Slave cylinders are starting to go, or your cables are stretched. I would recommend starting with the cmc and slave cylinder though as those control the fluid moving from the clutch pedal to the clutch engagement/disengagement and if the fluid is delayed it could mean that the clutch is not fully disengaging, hence the resistance pushing it in gear. Before you replace those I would recommend draining the clutch fluid and replacing with new brake fluid and bleeding them. This honestly could just be the root of the problem
so it definitely seems like a clutch or clutch master cylinder issue.I would recommend looking in the engine bay, near the shifter cables to be exact. Make sure nothing is there blocking the cables from moving fully. Next option I can think of is maybe your CMC/Slave cylinders are starting to go, or your cables are stretched. I would recommend starting with the cmc and slave cylinder though as those control the fluid moving from the clutch pedal to the clutch engagement/disengagement and if the fluid is delayed it could mean that the clutch is not fully disengaging, hence the resistance pushing it in gear. Before you replace those I would recommend draining the clutch fluid and replacing with new brake fluid and bleeding them. This honestly could just be the root of the problem
so i adjusted my clutch master properly this time and i can now slam gears at redline with no problem at all. I guess i did it wrong the first time. only thing is now my clutch grabs super high.so it definitely seems like a clutch or clutch master cylinder issue.
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