Will the difference in material really make that much of a difference? Also do Energy Suspension shifter bushings live up to the hype?

Thats pretty much the only brand I hear around here. Im installing a Skunk2 dualbend short shifter and figure I might as well replace the bushings while Im at it. Thanks

 

shifter bushings...

i think its more of a personal thing...

considering there isn't any provable performance gain from it..

think about it..

aluminum is hard, poly is softer than aluminum, and rubber is softer than poly

so it really is up to you.

how much are they any ways? cause if you don't like the "feel" then just change it if it doesn't cost that much.

you could always just sell the bushings again on h-t or ebay

 

I have the urethane ones, just installed them since I was putting in a short shifter. Good feel, but could be too stiff for some, I can only imagine how stiff the aluminum ones would be.

 

They run for about 20-30 bucks for a set. What kind of short shifter do you have? I guess Ill go with the urethane ones....

 

Well te bushing are shot in our '99 EX sedan with 96k and the stock shifter. I want to replace them with something that wears better and will not transmit to much vibration into the cabin?

 

I just installed a set polys and I couldn't notice a difference with normal driving, but when I went on a spirited drive I definitely noticed a change .

 

i got my energy suspension bushings for $19. install wasnt too bad. my stock one's were busted so i felt a nice improvement in my b18c1 ej.

 

That's cool so no diff. in regular shifting. But better response when banging gears!! Anyone have a pic of how to install them, and where did you get them for $19??

 

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install is pretty straight forward. i ended up having to take my shift linkage out so i could get better leverage. you might not have to do this. i picked mine up from motorsport dynamics here in sacramento.

 

aluminum=major in my book. im almost sure it led to the downfall of one of my friends trannys

 

Here ya go
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1001924
and
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1002429
I had them stickied so I could do it myself.

 

Thanks but that is the ONLT bushing to replace what about the ones right under the shifter??

 

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2 bolts and it drops right out. make sure you take the shift console out from inside first. you may have to drop the mid pipe from the exhaust to get access to the bolts, unless you have some angle extensions for your wrench.

 

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If you look closer and go past the car on ramps then you would see that they are different write-ups.

 

poly, your shifter shouldnt be hard

 

You are right I needed to look harder thanks!

 

poly feels GREAT compared to stock ****
i can imagine aluminum would feel great, but like others said, its risky.. there may be a reason they are not readily available

 

So urethane it is then. Do any of you have the skunk2 short shifter? How does it feel in terms of performance?

 

I have poly, and it takes a lot of play out of the stock shifter (rubber). Not sure about aluminum, I'd shy away from it, they's probably wear fast and have a lot of vibration and such.

 

I have the skunk2 dual bend and the shift ****. After putting the bushings in I am even more in love with my car. The way my car shifts is awesome. You can feel a difference especially when you get up on it.

 

aluminum? Are you serious? They sell aluminum shifter bushings?

aluminum is a soft metal, it you used it, the aluminum would rub away over time, pretty quickly actually.

Especially when you have a short shifter, the whole assembly is harder to shift cause you changed the shift point. This will put even more stress on the bushings.

Polyureathane is the only way to go.

 

i run a tsudo short shifter with the urethane bushings, i think the bushings were like $10 off summit?
Just because it's aluminum doesn't mean it can't be used... there are control arms, bushings, and other random suspension parts that are made out of aluminum too, just depends on what type they use.

 

My control arms don't have aluminum bushings.

I just did a search and cars like evo's have aluminum shifter bushings. The reason why is that their shifter is on a cable setup, most of us have a the rods, whatever they're called, I forget right now.

Picture it in your head, how our shifter works. If there were aluminum, it would surely wear out over time.

Now on a cable setup, they would work just fine.

 

The purpose for those bushings is almost soley to eliminate the vibrations of the shift rods going through to the transfer case and the shift ****...

Rubber &lt; Poly &lt; Aluminum