My shifter rattles

[heist]

it is so annoying! i put in a short shifter, since then when im driving the bloody thing rattles like a biatch.... i have to grab it to stop it from making noise....any suggestions?

[mugeneration]

so you say that its the stick itself? not the knob? hmmm take it back to where you got it from and see what they say.

[panda[cRx]]

you happen to have any left over pieces when you installed the short shifter?

[Weq]

ur missing the bushings id say!

[heist]

its def the stick.... and i put in all the bushings....

it happened to my ED when i changed my linkage in that car too

[VTi_b0i]

I just installed a short shift kit and mine kinda clicks wen i change gears, especially from 3rd to fourth... is that wat urs does? any one know wat that is?

[Limbo]

Mate i got the same problem. It seems that the bearing in the actual shifter is stuffed in mine. I'm just lazy to fix it at the moment cos i'm awaiting an engine conversion.

[Limbo]

I meant mine rattles like crazy.......

I think looking back i shouldn't have brought the cheap ebay ones. Other than that it still works fine.

[wynode]

Mine rattles a bit too.......but thats the aftermarket knob I've got on it (the rattle is inside the cabin) and goes away when I hold the stick.

[heist]

I meant mine rattles like crazy.......

I think looking back i shouldn't have brought the cheap ebay ones. Other than that it still works fine.



but mines a B&M one!....got its annoying!

[newbie]

Mine rattles a bit too.......but thats the aftermarket knob I've got on it (the rattle is inside the cabin) and goes away when I hold the stick.

same issue... no big deal.. you get over it

[wynode]

Actually mine is an OEM one but an option from Honda :)

[egSi]

i have a B+M and i have no probs at all man, installed to my si, u sure something isnt loose/not installed properly

[heist]

nope def everything is right...

[Geo]

I had a problem not long ago, when i installed the short shifter i noticed there wasn't much room to fit it, basically the shifter sat on top of the exhaust, so it was rubbing up against it. When the car was idling you could hear it rattling and when I put the car in 5th or reverse gear you could actually hear it tapping against the exhaust (very annoying) In the end i got it fixed by getting the exhaust moved by cutting it out and mandrel bending the pipe so that it ran around the shifter so it had enough room to play in.

[Limbo]

Well mine doesn't hit the exhaust cos i put it up on the hoist and it is the bearing. It makes alot fo rattling in the cabin.

[wynode]

Remeber to use plenty of lube too guys.....and make sure your bushings are on properly.

[Limbo]

What bushes? i didn't notice any on mine.......???? anyone got a pic so i can compare?
Unless you mean the little metal washes between the sides?

[JRC]

Hey guys,

Ive got a dc2 and had a problem with my shifter rattling too. It only did it in 1st 2nd and 3rd when i would back off the throttle. It wasnt bushings but the actual shifter balancer that sits back towards the exhaust touching it. It doesnt happpen with oem piping but i have an apexi exhaust and the hotdog is right behind it. So what i did was remove the exhaust and angle grind about 10mm of the balancer off the back and it solved the problem...

Hope this helps...


Also the best thing to do is to lift the car up with someone looking underneath and change gears etc. to see where the vibration is coming from.

[Limbo]

Nah mine's not touch anything i looked