98ej8coupe

I recently put new energy suspension shifter bushings on my 98 coupe and now it pops out of second quite often..could it be that they are possibly to tight or something...thanks for the help

Bazza

it could be that and it could be that your tranny is going. My friend dom had a black coupe and the tranny was starting to go so everytime he put it in 2nd and 3rd it would pop out of gear and then later on 2nd and 3rd just stopped working all together.

Probot

yea same here - popped out of 3rd all the time and had a bad ISB

this was on a Y8 trans

B serious

iTrader: (1)

well it was working fine before you put the bushings in. So maybe you put something in incorrectly that isnt allowing the shifter to engage the gear all the way. Also, check your trans fluid. Low trans fluid levels cause this problem sometimes.

BoostinEJ1

yeah i have a bad ISB also so i think the tranny is going

98ej8coupe

sorry posted on a friends name

monicle

sounds like the detend for 1st/2nd or the selector fork in the tranny is bent. detent can wear out if tranny oil is low.

Ron454321

Hmmm, this is odd. I know my shifter bushings are shot since all the play I have in my shifter. I figured putting in new ones would help a little with my 2nd popping out as it wouldn't jerk around as much, am I wrong? I wanna get the master kit but I wanted to get the shifter bushings befoe hand if they will improve it.

monicle

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can I ask if you actually have the spring pin in the linkage or is you tried the infamous 12mm bolt fix? if you have a bolt where the spring pin should be then you will have excessive play. wouldnt explain 2nd gear coming out tho

Ron454321

No I've never actally heard of that, I swapped out the motor not even 3 months ago and I have no clue if it had a bolt or spring pin. Would this be on the transmission end or the shifter end?

98ej8coupe

yeah i had some play in my gears with the stock bushings, now with these bushings i have no play and when im cruisin it will stay in second and once i let of the gas it will jerk and pop out..

Ron454321

Well that sucks for me, I was hoping to find something to relieve it besides a new transmission oh well.

cvcrcr99

My 98 Civic d16y8 (when I had it), starting popping out of second, after a shop telling me nothing was wrong 3 times, and replacing the shifter bushing, my friend drove it and said it was the tuning fork. I took it to a different shop and they said it was the tuning forks, I ended up getting a whole new transmission, rebuilt from Honda. Hope everything goes well for you!

boosted_EM1

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i have the same problem only in second gear also all others are fine

monicle

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cvcrcr99 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">My 98 Civic d16y8 (when I had it), starting popping out of second, after a shop telling me nothing was wrong 3 times, and replacing the shifter bushing, my friend drove it and said it was the tuning fork. I took it to a different shop and they said it was the tuning forks, I ended up getting a whole new transmission, rebuilt from Honda. Hope everything goes well for you!</TD></TR></TABLE>

ughhh tuning forks? hehe

Ron454321

Could you elaborate on the spring pin trick?

monicle

its not a trick really. some people when they swap a motor wont reinsert the spring pin and opt to use a 12mm bolt in its place. it just results is a shifter thats floppy. again still doesnt account for popping out of gear.