I meant pulling up on the shifter to put it into reverse. Mine go into gear nicely, hot or cold, no grinding, very clean shift, it's just the effort of pulling the shifter up and putting it into the reverse position that I was referring to. Mine are both the same, I figured they all were. > Not to be picky Les, but it should not be stiff shifting into > reverse. When cold, my car will go into reverse with the greatest of > ease. When warm, it will grind unless I put it into first gear > first, to stop the input shaft from spinning. But even when I do > that it still goes into reverse without resistance.