i installed a skunk 2 dual bend short shifter and its horrible....i dunno if i installed it right but its so hard and rough....ok i took out my stock shifter and put the skunk2 one and 2 regular washer 1 on each side...i also put hi temp grease all over the place... can anyone help me its a mission 2 get into gears...

 

The lithium grease should have helped. You put some on the ball of the shifter and where it connects to the shift rod?

 

i wasnt able 2 put it on the actual ball of the shifter ill try it tomorrow.. u think dat will solve the problem?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hialeahzbg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i wasnt able 2 put it on the actual ball of the shifter ill try it tomorrow.. u think dat will solve the problem?</TD></TR></TABLE>

It is greased stock. So I suppose it will fix your problem.

 

Yeah you have to put grease on the ball man, i have the same thing and it's great, except a lil for the reverse gear i question that, it's always the hardest to put into gear..

 

im tryin 2 get one of my boys 2 help me cuz its not easy 2 work under the car with my exhaust in the middle and these 2 screws dat u need a 12mm wrench 2 hold while u spin the 10mm nuts off... hopefully dat will solve my problems i thought it wood be bushings or sumthing i didnt get with the shifter....

 

You can drop the whole linkage off. It's only one more bolt and you can work everything off from under the car.

 

same thing happens to me, you have to let the ball bearing spin by switching from 1st to 2nd or in your case, 3rd to 4th. worked on mine. dont really know how long i did it?

 

wat do u mean let the ball bearing spin... all my gears r rough.....

 

Yea what do u mean exactly?

 

if its really hard to shift then you tightened the shifter bolt to the linkage itself to hard. BTW use the provided sealed bearings make sure you have the same amount of washers/spacers on each side of the bolt , this way the shifter doesnt wiggle on the linkage.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hialeahzbg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wat do u mean let the ball bearing spin... all my gears r rough.....</TD></TR></TABLE>

the skunk2 short shifter has a ball bearing end instead of a sleeve with 4 o rings. when i got the shifter in the mail, the ball bearing does not spin so want i did was i installed mine then shift my gears up and down of 1st and 2nd in order to let the bearings move a little.

p.s. pics of stock sleeve and o rings.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1007935
step 14 and 15

 

i dunno wat spinning the bearing means but yea i took my time 2 do it rite this time and it came out perfect....super happy with the results....goes into every gear perfect with no problems.......