7MT - Selecting Reverse

[wxguy]

This is my 14th MT vehicle (and I've driven a lot of MT buses and trucks too). Every now and then, my Badlands 7MT won't go into reverse. Pull up on collar, pull left; try to go up and it's like hitting a steel plate. This is different than getting the gear to engage, which is solvable by letting the clutch out in neutral and trying again. The only remedy is to put it in a forward gear and move a bit, then it will "find" reverse. It doesn't happen every time, maybe one in five times. Anyone else?

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[Tricky Dick]

I think you may have something out of adjustment. I've never had a problem getting into reverse.

 

[Braaap]

Sounds a lot like finding neutral on my shovelhead!

 

[Classic28]

Don't have my bronco yet but with my past mt vehicles I had the habit of pushing the clutch in, doing the neutral shake, 1st, 2nd then reverse. Kept the clutch pushed in for the 1st and 2nd. It seemed to help with two hondas I had.

 

[iamchewby]

I'm pushing 5k miles and have never experienced this

 

[bradcd]

Does it slot into reverse easier if you gas it a little? Give it a consistent push into gear with the gas when you meet that resistance.

 

[wxguy]

Does it slot into reverse easier if you gas it a little? Give it a consistent push into gear with the gas when you meet that resistance.

No -- it's not that type of problem. It's a hard stop, like a metal plate in the way. Not the normal think you and I are used to dealing with. Sounds like something is out of adjustment.

 

[Richtor]

This is my 14th MT vehicle (and I've driven a lot of MT buses and trucks too). Every now and then, my Badlands 7MT won't go into reverse. Pull up on collar, pull left; try to go up and it's like hitting a steel plate. This is different than getting the gear to engage, which is solvable by letting the clutch out in neutral and trying again. The only remedy is to put it in a forward gear and move a bit, then it will "find" reverse. It doesn't happen every time, maybe one in five times. Anyone else?

When it can’t go into reverse will it go into crawl? There are a couple times when I pulled it left and I was not down far enough.
If it engages left with the collar up it should go into either crawl or reverse.

 

[wxguy]

Yes, crawl is fine; moving up from there it hits a hard block north of neutral.

 

[Chuck_Ruck]

Pardon my shitty artwork, all my previous 5MTs have had an issue where at a dead stop they didnt like going into reverse. I would move the shifter into 4th, and then hop over to Reverse. Worked every time.
Perhaps putting it into Crawl or 1st before hopping to Reverse. I know this isnt an ideal practoce for a brand new vehicle, but perhaps a quicker motion to fix this on the way to your dealership.

 

[hunterg54]

1700 miles so far and never an issue getting into reverse

 

[wxguy]

Like I said in the original post, I've been driving car, truck, and bus manuals since the 1970s. This is not a normal "put it in another gear than reverse to sync it up" problem. There seems to be a defect. I'm asking if anyone else has had this issue. Thanks!

 

[mike8675309]

Bronco manual is cable operated. It's possible for it to be out of adjustment. That you describe resolving it by putting it into 1st, then back into reverse seems indicative of something, though the problem doesn't sound like a reverse syncro problem. It really sounds like an alignment issue on the cable system.

 

[thesocalexplorer]

Not on my end, although it can be occasionally "crunchy" getting into the R or C gates.

 

[Drex]

the collar lock out has to be up to get into crawler or reverse, not just left and right, but up and down, it sounds like your collar lockout is just not adjusted correctly for you to open the latch when you operate it.

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