A customer of mine just had head work done to his 2000 s2k.Work was performed at a local Honda dealer.Not only did the dealer put close to 1k miles on his car ,but now the shifter assy is all loose.I.E. its in gear and you can move the shifter assy ALL around.BTW they had the car for 5weeks!!!Has ANYONE ever had their shifter assy do this??

 

Never happened to me. 1000 miles put on the car? I would be so pissed. I don't even know what I would do about that. Charge them 35 cents a mile or something.

 

For the benefit of him and us, he ought to complain to Honda corporate and the local Better Business Bureau.

 

I think him and his father was taking that route today.He just picked the car up this morning,brought it straight to us.Its not right I know,bad part for that dealer is my customer just got out of training,and he is now a cop.What I think happened was some tool was out in his car and messed it up.I was just wondering if anyone eles had the same shifter problem before.I was trying to help him out,Thanks...I think something is broken

 

I don't know about the shifter thing, but I was at a dealership around me, and saw the techs beating the crap out of cars right in front of the dealership.

 

The shift lever sits in a housing bolted to a small tub that holds the shift rod and shift lever at the top-back of the transmission. Is that what you mean is loose?

Or, do you mean that the shift lever is not engaged to the shift rod and that's loose?

In either case, you may not be able to move it from or to the shift gate.

It' looks like it got beat on by someone that can't drive properly. I hope that his synchros are okay. You've got double-cone synchros on the main shaft and counter shaft that are not at all bullit-proof.

 

I think that tub is loose or broken.You can put the car in first gear,and shake the shifter assy left or right about 2 inches in gear!You can shake it (in gear) up and down 2 inches.Hell it may be the shift rod loose or broken.When you drive the car you dont know what gear you are in because its so loose.When I say shifter assy,,,I mean to say shift lever.

 

Sounds like the "L-shaped" shift lever to me. If that's the case, the repair won't be too expensive. It's only $20 over at http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com.

If it's that, you may want to replace the set-bolt too.

Also, when you put the shifter back together, you may want to pack the shifter ball, ball seat and the pivot cover with a lot of Super Hi Temp Urea Grease. The grease prevents shifter oscillation noise at 3500 to 4500 rpm.

 

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1000 miles? what were they doin...using it as a test drive/rental car? sue the shiet out of them

 

Thanks for your help LaterApex....i will pass the info.I think they will be contacting a lawyer for this crap.Glad im not the service manager there.