the shifter feels really sloppy and I want to tighten it up and make it feel crisp. It has a cut down stock shifter in it right now.

Chris

 

Start with a shifter bushing kit from Energy Suspension or Prothane. While you are installing that stuff you can be checking to see if anything has come loose over time. Get someone else to wiggle the shifter from inside the car while you are under it. Lets you see where most of the play is coming from.

 

^ what he said plus a real shortshifter

 

you said it yourself. <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kool0adi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> I want to tighten it up and make it feel crisp. </TD></TR></TABLE> try that. then go buy a skunk2 short shifter. its alot better than a chopped stock version any day.

 

I think the short in short shifter means short throw....not that it's necessarily shorter in height than a stock shifter.

 

you are definetly right

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by darkdementshun &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Start with a shifter bushing kit from Energy Suspension or Prothane. While you are installing that stuff you can be checking to see if anything has come loose over time. Get someone else to wiggle the shifter from inside the car while you are under it. Lets you see where most of the play is coming from.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Nope, doesn't fix it. It makes the gearbox feel nice, but the slop is due to the stuff at the bottom of the shifter itself. I still need to take mine out and rebuild it.

 

Sell your outdated DA chassis and get a DC

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Circusraven &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think the short in short shifter means short throw....not that it's necessarily shorter in height than a stock shifter.</TD></TR></TABLE> nobody was argueing about that.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Blackpin93 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Nope, doesn't fix it. It makes the gearbox feel nice, but the slop is due to the stuff at the bottom of the shifter itself. I still need to take mine out and rebuild it.</TD></TR></TABLE> no **** sherlock, most name brand short throw kits come with a bushing kit. when all else fails buy a bushing kit. i paid 180 bucks for my skunk2 single bend and it came with new bushings. also, if he would tighten it, it might just do the trick. loose bushings can often make you think its going bad when its really not.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jhammond_82 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
no **** sherlock, most name brand short throw kits come with a bushing kit. when all else fails buy a bushing kit. i paid 180 bucks for my skunk2 single bend and it came with new bushings. also, if he would tighten it, it might just do the trick. loose bushings can often make you think its going bad when its really not. </TD></TR></TABLE>

You know, you don't have to be a jackass, I was commenting because I've owned 3 DAs and currently have one with a sloppy shifter (you can put 1st over so far it looks like it's in 5th) and I have ES stabilizer bar bushings and it did nothing to help, so I figured I'd share my experience. Maybe next time I won't. This is why I use g2ic. *roll*

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wegotmorrison &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Sell your outdated DA chassis and get a DC </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

search, and FAQ's is your friend

http://www.angelfire.com/on4/crxpage/shift.html

 

thanks ex_civic. And does the short throws really feel that good? or will I waste my money? Theres a nice lookin one on ebay. Red shaft blue shifter ****.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jhammond_82 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> no **** sherlock, most name brand short throw kits come with a bushing kit. when all else fails buy a bushing kit. i paid 180 bucks for my skunk2 single bend and it came with new bushings. also, if he would tighten it, it might just do the trick. loose bushings can often make you think its going bad when its really not. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Busings don't do jack sh*t for a shifter with worn o-rings and inserts in the bottom.

In order to have a precise-feeling shifter, you need one with metal bearings in the bottom, NOT those rubber inserts and o-ring crap in the stock shifter.

My short-throw shifter with new OEM rubber bushings feels 100x more precise than my old stock shifter ever did.

 

search. i've seen plenty of 'shifter play' threads in the past couple weeks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Busings don't do jack sh*t for a shifter with worn o-rings and inserts in the bottom.

In order to have a precise-feeling shifter, you need one with metal bearings in the bottom, NOT those rubber inserts and o-ring crap in the stock shifter.

My short-throw shifter with new OEM rubber bushings feels 100x more precise than my old stock shifter ever did.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Do you remember which parts you specifically ordered?

btw as for short shifters I had the B&M dual bend in my old CRX and I loved it. It's not for racing or anything, just for a fun feel.

 

Which parts are you referring to?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PatrickGSR94 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Which parts are you referring to?</TD></TR></TABLE>

You said something about new OEM rubber bushings...I was assuming you had rebuilt your shifter? Or were you talkign about the 2 on the stabilizer bar?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Blackpin93 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

You said something about new OEM rubber bushings...I was assuming you had rebuilt your shifter? Or were you talkign about the 2 on the stabilizer bar?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah those.

When I first installed my short shifter, I also installed ES polyurethane bushings.

A few years later they looked like this, with even more play than the original old@$$ stock rubber bushings:



So I opted to put brand new OEM rubber bushings in there. Shifter felt WAY better, and they won't wear out so much that they move all over the place.

Polyurethane = suckage

OEM rubber

 

da's have a common problem for sloppy shifting. you can just go out and get a dc shift linkage and it'll help it out a lot.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by super jdm yo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">da's have a common problem for sloppy shifting. you can just go out and get a dc shift linkage and it'll help it out a lot. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Any year in particular? And if you look at that pic Patrick posted the accordian rubber cover in the back to the right is my problem. Its like a u-joint and its shot.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kool0adi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Any year in particular? And if you look at that pic Patrick posted the accordian rubber cover in the back to the right is my problem. Its like a u-joint and its shot. </TD></TR></TABLE> you mean the rubber cover that protects the "bitch pin"? i never heard of this being the reason for sloppy shifters. interesting.

 

its the opposite end of the shifter and under the big A spot. The joint to the left of the bitch pin. Its all kinds of sloppy.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Kool0adi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Any year in particular? And if you look at that pic Patrick posted the accordian rubber cover in the back to the right is my problem. Its like a u-joint and its shot. </TD></TR></TABLE>

well the stabilizer bar in a dc linkage is just bigger than the da one. so you'll have a more "control" with you're shift. in turn less sloppy. that rubber piece is just a cover for the spring pin. nothing more.

 

I think the rubber boot also keeps dust and dirt from getting into the seal in the case around where the shift rod goes into the tranny.