Is there a bushing or cable that goes bad that can make for crappy shifting, 1st to 2nd is choppy, the more you go up the better it feels

 

There are plastic bushings, but I've never heard of them going bad. There are some replacement aluminum ones that a company made a while back (I have a set sitting on my desk) but I dont think you can find them anymore. There are two cables as well but I have only taken apart my shifter once to replace it with a buddy club, so I can't remember if there were adjustments.

 

Mine was choppy when I first got it, I did a tranny fluid change and it has gotten alot better. I think all ep3s have a little choppyness to their shifting though.

And if you do want to replace the shifter bushings check out Corsports.com.

 

Synchros. I am guessing this is the same problem with the Type-S tranny. You might try upgrading the tranny fluid. I have heard this can buy time.

 

K series transmissions are known for being tempermental. There are shifter bushings available at corsportusa.com. Just change your MTF every couple oil changes and that should help out.

 

werd, had same issue w/ my ep3 tranny along w/ throwout bearing going bad as well. Tranny fluid will help, but eventually, it'll go ... FYI, just getting those parts replaced (along with new clutch and maybe flywheel) and the labor involved would end up costing you just as much as finding something comparable or even upgrading to 6sp, unless you do all your work.

 

Change the tranny fluid. Also look into buying the CorsportUSA shifter cable bushing and shifter base bushings. They are all aluminum and replace the crappy rubber ones. It made a huge difference in my car and took about 30 minutes total to install. The stock rubber bushings pretty much just fell out of the linkage which means they were very soft.

Well worth the 60 bucks or so I paid for them!

 

I changed the fluid, I used pennzoil synchromesh, it feels a little smoother now

 

mine was choppy too then i change my tranny oil i used royal purple and now it feels so smooth

 

I had another question, is the AC compressor suppose to run when you have it on defrost?

 

Yes but there is a way to turn it off so you can decide when to turn it on and off. Just search EP3 defrost and youll find the instructions to do it.

 

Yeah It's suppose to

 

Thank you for the help, I don't know much about honda's.

 

Today when i was drivng i lifted up on the shifter and changed gears, and it shifted alot smoother. Especially 1st to 2nd where it was the baddest. Does this mean i have bad bushing or does something need to be adjusted?