sup guys i recently converted my 98 automatic civc LX into a 5-speed, im still rockin my d16y7 w/mild built head...but the 5-speed tranny is from a 92-95 ex, and my shift linkage is from a 99-00 civic....

NOW MY QUESTION IS IF MY TRANNY IS FROM AN (EG) DOES THAT MEAN I HAVE TO USE AN (EG) SHIFT LINKAGE OR AM I FINE WITH THE (EK) ONE? THE REASON WHY I CHOSE TO USE THE (EK) SHIFT LINKAGE WAS BECAUSE I FIGURED I HAVE AN (EK) CHASSIS SO MIGHT AS WELL USE THE (EK) ONE... BUT IM HAVING A FEW COMPLICATIONS WITH (EK)SHIFTER THATS WHY IM ASKING... ITS NOT SMOOTH WHENEVER I SHIFT GEARS.. I MEAN THERES NO GRINDS WHAT SO EVER ON THE TRANNY BUT ITS NOT LIKE I CAN JUST THROW IT IN EVERY GEAR SMOOTHLY, ITS LIKE SOMETHING IS PREVENTING ME TO THROW IT SMOOTHLY, LIKE I HAVE TO FORCE IT A LITTLE BIT TO GET IT INTO GEAR...

PLEASE LET ME KNO WAT YOU GUYS THINK THE PROBLEM IS CUZ I DONT...

THANKS IN ADVANCE GUYS...

 

they both work

I am using an EG Z6 tranny in my ek (d16y7) with stock linkage and it's fine

 

thanks man just wanted to kno if i was fine... now that problem w/shifting smoothly part? anybody?

 

sorry brother I didnt read the full thing

does it feel sloppy in gear? by sloppy I mean lots of play

might be bushings

and new tranny fluid I take it?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Leb_CRX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sorry brother I didnt read the full thing

does it feel sloppy in gear? by sloppy I mean lots of play

might be bushings

and new tranny fluid I take it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yah bro whenever im in any gear, it feels like im in neutral the shifter just plays left to right... like its not even in gear.... tranny fluid is new straight from dealer....

 

ya mine use to do that

the bushings at the bottom of the shifter rod were bad...my mechanic (before I did my own work) put some tape around them to stiffen it up but it only fixed them temporarily

but once I got a new short shifter, the looseness went away

I had tried a shifter bushing kit, but it didnt include that bushing itself

so my advice, if you want real nice and crisp shifting, treat yourself to a short shifter, and while you're at it, get a bushing kit, and you're set

 

you mean the bushings where the bearings are on the botom or where the little ball thing is on the shifter before the bearings?

oh also any idea where i can get a bushing kit your talking about?

 

http://mr-motorsports.com/stor...r.jpg

the part closest to you with the bolt going through it

*edit, let me find you link for bushing kit

 

bushing kit

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW


but buy energy suspension, those I think are cheap knockoffs

 

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the part closest to you with the bolt going through it

*edit, let me find you link for bushing kit</TD></TR></TABLE>

oh where u bolt up the shifter to the shift linkage.. tha bolt goes through the bearings huh? thanks a lot man!!!

 

yep, that was loose for me, and the kit doesn't come with it

NP man, GL getting it all figured out

 

thanks man i just replaced my old shifter with a new short shifter bolted it right up but didnt get a chance to get some bushings... i didn't want to wait for it if i ordered it... but every thing now is better then before, not much play anymore... thanks bro....