how do these parts line up? i assume the plastic piece goes over the ball part. Where does the gasket go?

 

goes over the ball as well. make sure you lube it up!

 

Yeah I ended up figuring it out, u have to man handle the gasket. I didn't use lube, is that just for install? Or does the ball need it?

For reference to people that search this thread. I installed this on a 00non-Itr, the shift linkage is to narrow and I had to make wider for the bottom of the shifter. So besides the Itr linkage being gold(newer), without weights, larger diameter, and wider at the end too.

 

you need lube for both install and smooth shifting

 

Its also a 2 man job. 1 under the car and 1 in the car to loosen and tighten it up.

 

I dont think the ITR linkage should be any wider than anything else. I had a GSR shifter on an ITR gold linkage before....and I didn't need to squeeze the linkage. I think that your linkage was either crushed a bit from bolting down...or you have a civic si linkage in there. The bar diameter between my gold linkage, USDM 01-R linkage, my GSR's linkage, and my non-vtec integras linkage....all the diameters are the same. Im fairly certain also that the shifters are all the same except the ITR has a chrome one after 2000 and it is rumored to be a smidge shorter. Again...I feel no difference between my RS, GSR, and R.

 

I had to widen my shift linkage at the end, probably 1/2 inch to fit the new shifter with the bushings on. And I thought the gold linkage(supposedly JDM one) was bigger in diameter. At least thats what i got from searching on here. Well it feels great either way, had the B&M short shifter on before. With the TI **** and new shifter worked out great on the track this weekend.