Shift Linkages

[BigElCat]

I can't get the scans to go thru tonite.

I have access to shop about 40 miles south of Olathe. We don't have a lift though, just car ramps. It's pretty much a drag working on this without a lift...we'd need a definite plan of action to keep you from getting stranded.

Dropping in the Civic short throw from the top is easy. A 5/16 bolt will hook it to the stock linkage, but it will have a small amount of slop. Eliminating this slop becomes involved and sort of difficult.

We'd need to source a rubber front bushing for the stabilizer arm. I called it a support arm earlier. The name is 'stabilizer arm'.

I'll think about this some more. I have a idea that I want to try on mine, before I recommend it to someone else. I think I can get rid of the spring that holds the shifter in place, and just use a spacer and a large E clip. The spring sucks.

Any way, search for the front rubber. If I find a part number, I'll post it.

We'd need to check your u-joint bushings in the linkage. If they're still good, you won't want to replace them.

[Prafeston]

I'd love to make it happen if we could. I can source all the part before I get there. I can get under there and take more pics if it will help you see what all may be bad/need to be replaced.

So far I have is the shifter and these bushings: http://www.ebay.com/itm/200724079902...84.m1497.l2649

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It would be awesome if we could get some shifter linkage bushings made out of delrin.. even the little plastic pieces that go on either side of the ball. those would never go bad or seize!...the metal would rust out before anything else happened

http://www.interstateplastics.com/Acetal-Af-Blend-13-Rod-ACEAE1.php?vid=&priceit.x=40&priceit.y=3

[drddan]

How about someone give me dimensions to these bushings, and I can make some for us all! Lots of nylon, delrin, etc at work.

Zoom?

[Bert]

Bert, yeah I already got those bushings and I believe with the Civic Short Shifter I need a longer bolt anyway.

By the time I get around to changing bolts and bushings the actual bolt holes in the linkage are badly worn oversize. Has always happened to me at the shift end and not at the transmission. Wind up making a new connection, drilling it out and having a buddy weld it on.

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I can give you aspire dimensions OD of the shoulder bolt X length X ID of the shaft holes, but nobody's said anything about festiva and aspire being exactly the same!

[Bert]

I can give you aspire dimensions OD of the shoulder bolt X length X ID of the shaft holes, but nobody's said anything about festiva and aspire being exactly the same!

For Festiva (and Protege and MX3) Mazda bushing is 0.48" long and rim is 0.10 thick. Body or barrel tapers from 0.514 to 0.498.
Un-threaded shaft of the bolt is 1.41" long, and including threaded shaft is 1.92". Bolt diameter is 0.392".

[BigElCat]

Rafe

I'll get back with you before the weekend. I still haven't looked at my shifter yet (recently).