Shifter Broke!

[CivicSI2000]

Hey guys i need some advice to what i need and how i can do this myself. I was driving the other day and i went to shift into 4th gear and broke the shifter knob right off of the stick where the thread ends on the stick. Now i need to know how to fix this and what i should buy to replace it. Also someone was tellling me i have to get underneath my car to replcae the shifter. is this true??? thanks

[b18eg6]

thats right. theres a bolt that connects your shifter to the shift linkage you have to remove. then you pull the little dust boot off and the shifter should pretty much come out.

[Hybrid_Coupe]

buy a stock shifter. dont take this in the wrong way...but if thats a stock shifter and you broke it shifting into fourth...you must have been shifting pretty damn hard. Anyway stock shifters are the way to go...any of the short throw shifters are bad for your synchros so just use a stock one.

Anyway, underneath your car there will be a 12mm bolt holding the shift linkage to the shifter, remove that and the shift bar will fall down, now...in front of the shifter and behind the shifter are 2 10mm nuts...you have to remove those, they can be a pain in the ass because the way they are designed they have a square groove that the bolt that comes through fits in. Sometimes it likes to pop up and not grab...youll just have to deal with it, or you could drop the whole linkage....after that..you just pull the shifter straight out the bottom, pull off the little plate that is on it, stick it on your new shifter and re-assemble....that easy.

[simplegreen]

Originally posted by Resistance98EX@Feb 10 2005, 05:31 AM
Anyway stock shifters are the way to go...any of the short throw shifters are bad for your synchros so just use a stock one.*
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seriously bro, you need to stop saying that.. it's 100% untrue, some might be worse than others it's more of how you drive and shift thats bad for your syncs


civic, it's not hard two bolts 10 mins job

[98ex2286]

i never heard anything bad about the short shifters... all i know is cheap ones dont fit right.. but then agian i dont have one, other than that man taking out the shifter is easy just a few hand tools n 10 20 min

[CivicSI2000]

Any suggestions to what i should get???? i was thinking b&m for 50.00 or the skunk2 for 82.00.. I think the way to go is b&m what do u guys think?

[simplegreen]

i have a dc sports and i absolutely love it.. it's a joy to shift everytime.. and im not being sarcastic.. one of the features i love on my car short precise throws

[Vtec_Power]

Originally posted by mdlax1@Feb 10 2005, 01:36 PM
i have a dc sports and i absolutely love it.. it's a joy to shift everytime.. and im not being sarcastic.. one of the features i love on my car short precise throws

GAYEST thing i've ever seen you write. hahahaha

but yea I'd have to say go DC or Skunk2. If you go skunk2 get the skunk2 knob too, then you'll have orgasms every time you put it in first gear like happy mcgee up here. hahaha

[98ex2286]

ive heard good things about the neuspeed one to.... just dont go with sumtin knock off n cheap

[b16a2sir]

I vouch for the Nuespeed ones. This was the first mod to my car!!!
It came with poly bushings which made huge difference, and the throw is smooth and firm, yah baby!
The reason I went with Nuespeed is because it was one of the few to offer a different model for the 99-00 si (sir) instead of 92-00 civics!!

Of course once you get this, you'll need a spoon shift knob, shortens the shifter another inch! , though its adjustable. and a jdm shift boot