I installed a no name brand short shifter in my 1999 civic Sir. The shifter works great, but has extra play side to side while in gear. does anyone know a fix for this problem?? do I need some new bushings?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wildman117 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do I need some new bushings? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Most likely yes.

 

uh is the bolt tight?

 

new bushings will make it feel 10x better. i just put some on my hatch about a month ago and i love it.

 

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^^^^^^

 

the bolt that holds the shifter into the rod that goes to the trany? that one is tight

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wildman117 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the bolt that holds the shifter into the rod that goes to the trany? that one is tight</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not tight enough then. That's what usually solves the problem for me. If the bolt IS all the way tight, the transmission itself could have play in it. And that cannot be fixed. Bushings could help, but they only soldify the stabilizer bar...and I doubt that would solve your problem.

 

this happened to me a while back with my old shifter. with me, the bolt that connected the shifter to the linkage didn't have enough washers. i bought a skunk2 short shifter since my old one was very cheap (came with my car) and put more washers and it worked fine. don't tighten it down too much or you won't be able to shift or even move the shifter around.

hope this helps