Won't go in reverse??

Anyone know where I should start. Shift lockout clears shifter stop but won't engage reverse. Pops into 6th. Had to push it out of garage this am to go to work??

My guess would be that the dogs didn't line up (reverse is unsynchronized). Next time that happens, let the clutch out in neutral to spin things, then give it another shot.

 

If it's going into 6th when you have the shifter over past the lockout, that could be a bigger problem. Could just as easily be a Cheerio caught in the shifter mechanism, too, although I can't claim to have pulled one apart enough to see exactly how they work.

Could just be something stupid, but I would look at the shift linkage. Unfortunately it is on top of the trans, but with the intercooler removed it is not to bad to get to.

Look mom, no hands!!

https://vimeo.com/172118957

 

Appears to be a cable or cable bushing, not a transmission

Just ordered both shifter cables and 15 WRX STS!!! Won't have reverse for a week or so

Thats great and it sucks for you all at the same time.

You'll love the '15+ WRX STS!!!

Researched for an hour Joe and decided based off your review, thanks a ton!!

Thats great and it sucks for you all at the same time.

 

 

 

It's also gonna suck chasing it down the driveway and hopping in at 6mph everyday

I'd say...back into the garage...but.......

So not to hijack the thread, but what is the difference between the 15 sts and the sts that was installed in my car when new?

So not to hijack the thread, but what is the difference between the 15 sts and the sts that was installed in my car when new?

 

We don't really know for sure other than visible differences in the mechanisms. No one has ever had both and compared them one after the other, and no two cars, one with each, have been in the same place at the same time. (well, I take that back, my car and Swannee's have, but I forgot to get a feel of both).

 

I have driven Swannee's car and I believe that the spring that puts resistance on the shift lever is more stout in the WRX STS than the Legacy STS.

If we ever meet up we can do a comparison. Until then:iam:

It's also gonna suck chasing it down the driveway and hopping in at 6mph everyday

 

We're gonna need you to set up a video camera, record this and post it for us

Ok, will do tomorrow if I remember at 6am

^^^Please do. I do not want to miss something that entertaining

Not sure on entertainment value but here goes. Maybe next vid ill incorporate a heel clicker or somethinghttps://vimeo.com/172207814

Was hoping you'd Dukes of Hazard it and jump in thru the window

Trust me, I thought about it

:lol: That's the best whit!!!! Looks like you're stealing it!!

I'm thinking sped up video and the Benny Hill theme song.

Hard a seriously hearty laugh from that video haha.

I'd push back into the garage each evening, then just drive it straight out in the morning. So one of the cables is binding up? Can you put it in reverse when the cables are disconnected?

I'd push back into the garage each evening, then just drive it straight out in the morning. So one of the cables is binding up? Can you put it in reverse when the cables are disconnected?

Pushing it into the garage could be a problem. One, you need a way to stop the car before it hits the wall. Two, most driveways slope down from the house for drainage purposes, which means you'd have to push up an incline. Both of those would suck to deal with.

I'd push back into the garage each evening, then just drive it straight out in the morning. So one of the cables is binding up? Can you put it in reverse when the cables are disconnected?

 

 

 

Slight decline toward street would make this a difficult task. Correct, with cable to allow side side movement disconnected, reverse is obtainable. I started noticing some sloppiness in the shifter the past couple months and after further diagnosing found cable to be separating at connector. While in there replacing both cables and WRX STS woot woot!!! My wife actually stood out on the front steps as I was performing this strategic reverse routine this am and was dying laughing at me!!