hey i just test drove my friends 99' ex coupe and his shifter is wayyyyyy different than mine. His is all soft and crisp, while mine is hard and "bulky"lol.

my Question: Does one civic got hydralic and the other cable tranny's? is that why they feel so different?

BTW: my car is in my Sig.

 

both cars use the exact same shift mechanism.... both have rod shifters. ive driven 96-00 civics b4.. they dont feel that different to me.

 

Basically, the only difference is the shift forks, which wouldn't give that much difference in feel.

 

dam then there is something really wrong with my tranny because it feels like crap. not smooth at all. does it need grease or something?

 

the bushing has a lot to do with the shifter maybe yours is old and hard and might need to be changed. i would recommend oem or polyurathane bushings. You might want to checkto see if the shifter is aligned cuase mine was out of place and it was hard to shift from one gear to another.Oh yea and u might need grease on the ball at the end of the shifter. Hope this helps!

 

thanks that helped alot.

yeah my car had 116K when i bought it and it only has like 2k more now. the guy who had it before me didnt really drive it either.

 

yall talking....bout trannies not bad!

 

anytime bud! i have urathane bushings and it feels kinda stiff now on the other hand oem feels more soft. I liked my oem better but that just my preference. i think u can get urathane for about 20.00 from http://www.summit.com

 

hey yeah ill try to grease the ball and get some urathane bushings. hopefully that will clear things up.