Reverse Occasional Grinding Question

If the trans shifts easily between forward gears, the solution is to NOT leave it in neutral for "a few seconds." I never did, "back in the day."

I used to be usually in 1st or 2nd from "what I was doing", and was in the habit of stopping the car, LEAVE it in forward gear, and then when I was stopped, and ready for reverse, I'd just shift directly from 1 or 2 to reverse.

If for some reason I DID get into neutral, instead of trying to grind into R, I would FIRST put the box back into 2nd, and then go directly from there to reverse.

A slightly dragging pilot bushing can cause this, as can minor bellhousing alignment, AND clutch dragging slightly.

My old 70 sixpack car had the **** 10 7/8 so called compact 11" clutch cover. I continually had problems with that---the disk would get "fuzzed up" on the outer edge and would drag on the mounting bosses of the cover, which were VERY close to the disk on that setup.

(In later days, running the 340 in that car, I used a late 70's hi perf. 'Vette 10 1/2" diaphragm cover.)