Everytime i go into reverse, the gear grinds before it goes in, a friend said i could be pressing the clutch in to far so tried lifting off just a toutch, but still grinds......any ideas?

It could be that you are doing it too fast.
When you come out of gear wait a couple of seconds then put it in reverse.

I have the same problem every morning from neutral I turn the car on wait three seconds and then put reverse in gear and it doesn't grind.

Sound, I'll try that then cos it only happens like you said, going from neutral to reverse i'll see if that works. cheers!

Reverse has no syncro. So the only way to do it is clutch down and wait a second or two.

Might even be mentioned in your car's manual (I know it is in the Stilo's).

Another method is, clutch down, into 1st, and then straight into reverse, as the syncro on 1st would have stopped the bits in the gearbox from moving, so no grinding when selecting reverse

Jon.

My 6speed m-jet dosnt grind if its still moving and I put it in reverse, wonder why??

JimbbobW1977 said:

My 6speed m-jet dosnt grind if its still moving and I put it in reverse, wonder why??

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Same here... Then again, I wouldn't try it at more than a snail's pace...

My Palio's and Punto's reverse gears grind when I put it into reverse.
AFAIK, The reverse gears are straight cut and they lack a synchromesh, this could be the reason.

Do not put it into reverse immediately after stopping. I've noticed that there's no grinding if I wait for a couple of secs after pressing the clutch.

yeah, my reverse gear in my MK2 Punto doesn't always go in. I find if you push the clutch down, come off it and then push it down again and then go into reverse, it works.
Occasionally though it has been a pain in the backside and I have to make it go "Crunch" because otherwise you end up playing a waiting game!

Yeah reverse has no synchro like M.E.P. posted at the other post.

You could also try selecting another gear before the reverse to synchronize the gears.

my reverse gear also grinds in my t jet... the method mentioned above always works... put it into first then into reverse gear

Cheers for the advice everyone.....been putting it into first then into reverse and it works everytime!!