civic_coupe_585

my shifter moves side to side while in gear and it makes it hard to find 3rd sometimes. will my bushings need to be replaced and how easy will it be to do? i tried to do a couple searches and didnt come up with much. its nothing serious that needs to be done asap but it is rather annoying lol.

crazyguy

what year is your car? the pic shown below is basically a honda hydo shifter.




Modified by crazyguy at 8:26 AM 11/7/2007

90efhatch

sounds like bushings. they are pretty easy to do the hardest part would be the roll pin. if you are removing the shifter assembly from the car.

SeVeNisOnE

Shifter wobble is mostly in the bushings. You can get an energy suspension replacement set for like $13 bucks online. Also the shifter itself has some to do with the looseness. I would look into getting a better short shifter like a Skunk2 and upgrade the bushings. There not too hard to change out. Might take about 30 minutes of your time once the car is high enough to get under. Once you do these things it will feel like a new car.

96 EX

I just did mine this weekend w/ the energy suspension and a random short shifter I had laying around. Took me about 1 1/2 hours considering I didnt know wtf I was doing. But got it back together and shifts like a charm now.

civic_coupe_585

nice. thanks alot guys. i forgot i had a set of bushings laying around.

cjk95delsolsi

Make sure you have a pin punch when you do it to get the spring pin out, that thing is a bitch if you dont. It is what call the bitch pin.

pacey

good luck man hope you can fix it..

Archidictus

More than likely it's the spring pin and not the bushings that are giving you terrible play in your shifter. By all means, replace the bushings - there's no tradeoff to doing so - but get a new spring pin from the dealer and feel the drastic difference it makes.

civic_coupe_585

sounds like a plan. how much will a new spring pin run me?

B18C5-EH2

Right there at the #28 is an area on the linkage itself that can wear out - check that pivot area for slop, and if those bushings are worn out they cannot be replaced unless you replace the entire shift linkage (#13 in that pic) they're a part of.

I had a guy's 1998 Civic with an LS swap whose linkage itself at that very pivot area was just worn the hell out, and replacing rubber bushings would not have done **** for his problem. Just take a good look at it while you've got the linkages down from the tranny.

BUDtoker

short shifter and new urethane bushing for that problem!!

Malakai

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Here is more than likely your answer. Bushings will aid but not help much. And a short shifter will do nothing to resolve the issue.

JDM_teh_WIN!!

Also before you do any of that check the actual bolt that goes thru the shifter and shift linkage. If it is loose you will have play in the shifter.