Hey guys, im not saying anyone is wrong or anything...I obviously won't know until I pull the side cover off, which has to be done whether its a synchro or the reverse detent ball. Took it for one more drive tonight and sure enough at WOT grinds going in- downshifting I had not grinding issues BUT it did pop out of second at one point in the night while driving. According to the other thread mentioned that I read through it seems that with no reverse ball getting into 2nd gear at all is impossible- such is not the case with my transmission, it just grinds noticeably going in.

My question is if it is the reverse ball that fell out, how do i prevent this from happening again?

Also, if it is the synchro, just replacing the brass ring should do the trick right? is there a way to tell the synchro is trashed and working no more?

Thanks all