BugJuice
New Member
Shifter Install! urgh...
So recently I was able to finish the install of my B&M short shifter. As I like to call it b****& Misery(B&M) shifter. I got this shifter a while ago and everything went great with the install until the instructions required a part that I didn't have. A joint collar that went in between the shifter, this piece is an OEM piece. I came to the conclusion that my shifter wasn't the stock shifter. It was a knock off shifter and instead of a collar it had a bearing pressed into it. So I went over to the hardware store to find a tube that would fit perfectly into the hole to use as a collar because the collar is basically just a tube. I found one that came close but not firm enough, it had to much play in it.
So to have a car for now I put in my old shifter. The bushings were completely crunched, leaving a gap between the shifter and the shifter and when I tightened it up it "bowed the change rod because of the gap.(which I found about later.)
(Not my picture. Pulled of internet.)
(You can see how bent the bar was here.)
Then I went to a salvage yard. I got the guy to take the shifter out of a older civic because it has the same shift linkage and etc. The guy up front said he would have to sell me it as a whole and it would be 30 bucks. I was like F UUUUU! Then I went to a pick a part. The cars were completely stripped and it was automatic....
So i said F it and order the OEM collar. It was 10 bucks then another 10 for shipping I was like are you kidding me its a small tube.... with that I also ordered new bushings for the linkage so it would have smoother shifts.
Ok, the parts come in the mail now. I go to install them and everything is good. I go to tighten a bolt connecting the change rod to the transmission and I over tighten it and the bolt breaks. So I get my dad to extract the broken bolt because I didn't want to mess it up. To get a clean shot for the drill to extract the bolt I had to drop the exhaust.
Luckily we get that bolt out. So piece everything together. And now i have that problem of the bent and bowed change rod head. I beat it with a hammer and tweak it with pliers and finally get a bolt to go into it. The bolt went in sideways it was so tweaked but somehow it ended up working.
The shifer sits a little lower that my old one. The throw is quicker and smoother, but was it worth it? Noo! I am happy with the result though.
So recently I was able to finish the install of my B&M short shifter. As I like to call it b****& Misery(B&M) shifter. I got this shifter a while ago and everything went great with the install until the instructions required a part that I didn't have. A joint collar that went in between the shifter, this piece is an OEM piece. I came to the conclusion that my shifter wasn't the stock shifter. It was a knock off shifter and instead of a collar it had a bearing pressed into it. So I went over to the hardware store to find a tube that would fit perfectly into the hole to use as a collar because the collar is basically just a tube. I found one that came close but not firm enough, it had to much play in it.
So to have a car for now I put in my old shifter. The bushings were completely crunched, leaving a gap between the shifter and the shifter and when I tightened it up it "bowed the change rod because of the gap.(which I found about later.)
(Not my picture. Pulled of internet.)
(You can see how bent the bar was here.)
Then I went to a salvage yard. I got the guy to take the shifter out of a older civic because it has the same shift linkage and etc. The guy up front said he would have to sell me it as a whole and it would be 30 bucks. I was like F UUUUU! Then I went to a pick a part. The cars were completely stripped and it was automatic....
So i said F it and order the OEM collar. It was 10 bucks then another 10 for shipping I was like are you kidding me its a small tube.... with that I also ordered new bushings for the linkage so it would have smoother shifts.
Ok, the parts come in the mail now. I go to install them and everything is good. I go to tighten a bolt connecting the change rod to the transmission and I over tighten it and the bolt breaks. So I get my dad to extract the broken bolt because I didn't want to mess it up. To get a clean shot for the drill to extract the bolt I had to drop the exhaust.
Luckily we get that bolt out. So piece everything together. And now i have that problem of the bent and bowed change rod head. I beat it with a hammer and tweak it with pliers and finally get a bolt to go into it. The bolt went in sideways it was so tweaked but somehow it ended up working.
The shifer sits a little lower that my old one. The throw is quicker and smoother, but was it worth it? Noo! I am happy with the result though.
