Shifter Cable Bushings - Honda Civic FD (R18)

**lolmclol** · 07-10-2012 10:31 PM

How to install/replace the shifter cable bushings on a Honda Civic FD.

Prerequisites:

Theoretical:

Fully comprehend that OzHonda is not liable or responsible for any damages or any issues you may encounter or experience.
Fully comprehend that I am not liable or responsible for any damages or any issues you may encounter or experience.
You are performing this at your own risk, own accord, and have no one else to blame but yourself should anything go wrong.
This will not be covered under warranty should you cause any problems, and I'm almost certain when you take it to the dealership and try and explain that it just happened, they will laugh at you.
I have chosen the more extensive way to do this, but this is just to ensure that you don't end up breaking anything (hopefully)
Pictures supplied have unfortunately got the shifter bushings I swapped in, not the OEM ones, so please imagine OEM ones >_> lol.

Physical:

You have shifter cable bushings which you have purchased from where ever (yet to confirm if I can post sources).
Have already removed, or know how to remove the stock air box, or CAI, or SRI or whale pen0r, or whatever you may have.

Tools:

10mm spanner
12mm socket
Flat head screwdriver
Socket wrench
Socket wrench extender
Some form of grease

01
The following will be the view that you will have, should you have met the prerequisites I have stated above.

The first thing to do is to use a 10mm spanner to remove the bracket that provides the support for the two pipes. The bracket is only supported by one screw, but getting to it can be a little tricky, but will make getting to one of the bolts in the next part an absolute breeze.

(original: http://i.imgur.com/fYSShl.jpg)

02
Use a 12mm socket attached to a socket extender to remove the bolts on the middle and the right, and then remove the socket extender for the left side. Start by loosening these three bolts by about 5mm, this will give you the necessary "free play" to remove the shift cables clip easily and reduce the amount of pressure that is on it.

(original: http://i.imgur.com/lZnRX.jpg)

03
Use a flat head screw driver and "pry" off the two clips, which are supporting the shifter cables start on one side, then move over to the other side.

(original: http://i.imgur.com/q38Hg.jpg)

04
Now that you have removed the two clips, you will now want to remove the shifter cable housing, which is basically unscrewing the three bolts which you loosened by about 5mm. This will then leave you with the cables having heaps of room to work on them more safely and more room to work in yourself!

(original: http://i.imgur.com/QnGxt.jpg)

(original: http://i.imgur.com/c2NN0.jpg)

05
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of this part but it is quite simple to do, what you are required to do is remove the OEM shifter bushings from the shifter cables, now I found this somewhat easy, but I'm not going to say its simple, but it should definitely be approached with care!

Now the OEM shifter bushings are two parts, what you want to do is pry the head off which, then force a flat head screw driver between the shifter bushing cable ring and the OEM rubber shifter bushing and "pop" it out.

The picture included should be looked at as a reference as to how the bushing could be removed.

(original: http://i.imgur.com/Gn5em.jpg)

(original: http://i.imgur.com/WUSWX.jpg)

06
Once you have successfully removed the OEM shifter bushings, you are now safe to slide the new bushings onto the shifter bushing holder, if you are experiencing difficulties getting either on, place them in the freezer two hours beforehand to expand the bushing a little, or just apply some grease to the pin and the bushing before you place it on.

Once you have the bushing on, place the shifter cable back onto the bushing, followed by the shifter cable bushing clip (this can be forced on by hand) to secure the shifter cables and finally the shifter cable bushing pin to secure the shifter bushing.

(original: http://i.imgur.com/D5CKz.jpg)

07
Now your done! Now follow the steps in reverse and you'll be back on the road in no time!

Comments

How does shifting feel after changing the shifter bushings? ... Great, doesn't feel like a limp pen0r, but has a lot more resistance when shifting, doesn't feel bouncy, but locks in nicely.
Can I show this mod of to teh [insert gender] to get teh secks? ... They'll be scratching their head confused as to whats different.
What hawsepowar or talk or keeelowartz can I expect from this? ... Over 9000.
I has a question, can I private message you? ... Sure, but I'll post them in here as well.
You can do this quicker by [insert here]. ... I know, but don't care, I chose this way to prevent any problems. See pictures below.

What can go wrong?

(original: http://i.imgur.com/B15r4.jpg)

(original: http://i.imgur.com/WyXlC.jpg)