Just doin my 5spd swap and i got a short shifter, i noticed there is grease at the bottom of the old oem stick where it connects to the linkage? its black, i went to a local auto parts store and they gave me red wheel bearing grease, just wondering if this is fine? or is there some better stuff i can use, the smoother the shifts the better, altho i know that also depends on the tranny itsself.

Thanks!

 

Regular multi-purpose/wheel bearing grease is fine for the linkage eye joint.

I use white lithium grease for the pivot ball.

 

ah sorry i dont know the terminology, which is the eye joint, and which is the pivot ball?

thanks :D

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aleks77 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ah sorry i dont know the terminology, which is the eye joint, and which is the pivot ball?

thanks :D</TD></TR></TABLE>
It's not exactly the "correct" terminology (I made it up), but to make things easier to understand, I call the hole where the linkage bolts up the "linkage eye," and the bulbous section in the middle of the shifter the "pivot ball."