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The shifter in the CRX was sloppy, and getting worse.. I mean, I could move it 4+ inches left and right while it was in gear.. So I replaced some stuff..
I replaced the shifter bushings, R&R'd all of the shifter guts, and have an aftermarket shifter with a hard bearing in the bottom.. no play there.. So the last thing I checked was the linkage.. Bingo.. Tons of slop on the transmission side of the shifter linkage. I could literally move it around 1/2 inch in all directions, which translates to 4+ inches of slop at the knob. It was the last thing I checked because hey, its Hasport, right? Good stuff!
Called Hasport.. They said "We have a kit for that" Asked for my shipping address and mailed one out, free of charge.
Kit arrived: A bolt and two plastic bushings.. (phone pics suck)
Taken apart:
After taking apart my linkage, I found a much different setup with rubber bushings inside that had failed:
And if you want a readable set of instructions, check the fourth image link at the bottom.
Anyway, Did the procedure.. It was straight forward, kind of a bitch to hammer their pin out, but it came out.. Then their bolt was 1/8 inch too short.. But luckily I had one on hand that was the right size and length.
Put it all in, and presto chango.. Shifter is now tight like a... Good shifter should be.
Crappy that I had to do it, but A+ to Hasport for standing behind their products and not giving me any shit about it.
I replaced the shifter bushings, R&R'd all of the shifter guts, and have an aftermarket shifter with a hard bearing in the bottom.. no play there.. So the last thing I checked was the linkage.. Bingo.. Tons of slop on the transmission side of the shifter linkage. I could literally move it around 1/2 inch in all directions, which translates to 4+ inches of slop at the knob. It was the last thing I checked because hey, its Hasport, right? Good stuff!
Called Hasport.. They said "We have a kit for that" Asked for my shipping address and mailed one out, free of charge.
Kit arrived: A bolt and two plastic bushings.. (phone pics suck)
Taken apart:
After taking apart my linkage, I found a much different setup with rubber bushings inside that had failed:
And if you want a readable set of instructions, check the fourth image link at the bottom.
Anyway, Did the procedure.. It was straight forward, kind of a bitch to hammer their pin out, but it came out.. Then their bolt was 1/8 inch too short.. But luckily I had one on hand that was the right size and length.
Put it all in, and presto chango.. Shifter is now tight like a... Good shifter should be.
Crappy that I had to do it, but A+ to Hasport for standing behind their products and not giving me any shit about it.