Finally got my car back (for a day) so I installed my metal bushings. Easy install considering I've done my short shifter before. Less than 30 min., much longer for anyone who hasn't done it.

Nothing fancy, they do make the shift a lot cleaner so that it stops dead when you get into gear. I don't know if its better, but you can feel the difference, I'm undecided whether they all useful. It'll take me a while to get used to it, I'm a pretty finicky shifter, I hated my short shifter when I first got it, but can't live w/o it now.

You can buy them from kurt_bradley's friend, e-mail him at jdkindle@yahoo.com.

Instructions for installing metal bushings (pretty much the same as installing a short shifter).

Tools needed:
Needle nose pliers
3/8" Ratchet
3/8" extension
12mm socket
14mm wrench
12mm wrench
Flat head screwdriver with taped head (optional)
Philips head screwdriver

Steps
1) Unscrew shift knob by holding 14mm nut with a wrench and turning knob. Remove both knob and nut.
2) Pull console cover out by gripping the shifter boot and pulling up, working your way from front to back. Make sure not to bend the cover, as it takes a great deal of force to remove it. <i>Optionally you can stick a flat head screwdriver under the cover near the back of the e-brake to pry up the cover working from back to front.
3) Unhook the 2 seat heater plugs from the cover by pressing the tab in and pulling
4) Remove the rubber bottom in the center armrest to reveal 2 screws and remove them. The bottom is difficult to grip, you may try to slip the flat head screwdriver under a side to pull it up.
5) Remove the 2 screws attaching the "not an ashtray" to the center console
6) Remove the 2 screws attaching the center console to the front. You may not be able to see them, but they are right underneath the "not an ashtray." <i>Optionally you can remove the not an ashtray entirely by removing the pocket above it.
7) Remove the wires attach to the center console pulling it out. Detach e-brake clip as well.
8) Remove the lighter connection by pressing the tab on the opposite side of the plug
9) Remove 2 screws attach the console to the metal bracket
10) Pull the front of the console up and out to detach it, pushing up the "not an ashtray" slightly. Then remove center console by angling it over the e-brake
11) Remove the bolts connecting shifter housing to floor (except upper right) with 12mm socket and ratchet with extension
12) Remove upper right bolt with 12mm wrench
13) Push 4 metal bushing out of the rubber bushings in the boltholes using needle nose pliers. <i>Optionally you can remove the entire shifter housing for easier access, but it is more time consuming.
14) Push 4 rubber bushings out of the hole with needle nose pliers
15) Place 4 metal bushings underneath the bolt holes with grooved side up
16) Place 4 metal bushings on top of bolt holes with grooved side down
17) Bolt the shifter housing and replace parts in opposite order to finish.


picture walk through

 

You wouldn't happen to have gotten those from Club RSX? BTW, which shifter are you using? I have the Revo.

 

I got them from your friend, who's e-mail you put in the other metal bushings thread.

I have the Neuspeed SS, you have a Revo in your RSX I assume?

 

Oh yeah. I forgot about your message. I had one in there. I don't have the RSX anymore.

 

do you have the Revo in your TSX now? i'm confused?

 

Did you get rid of the RSX with the TSX engine in it, or swap em back????

 

K24 is still in the TSX. Revo in the TSX too.

 

whats a revo???

 

Short shifter

 

Weird, I guess they do have the exact same shifter housings. Isn't the Revo something like $100, is it any better than the CompTech/Neuspeed adaptor SS? I see a lot of people's Revo's break on clubrsx.

 

I haven't snapped mine yet. Anyone can snap any shifter. It's all in the use of it. I may shift fast, but I don't have to do it hard.

 

Kurt-

How much shorter (height wise) is the revo than stock? It would seem like the center console would get in the way if the shifter was shorter.

Thanks, e_lectro

 

whoa, an electro sighting!

 

It's about 2 inches shorter than stock.

 

accsuperstar-
damn, there goes my cover! lol

kurt-
any chance you have pics?

thanks, e_lectro

 

updated the writeup

 

Good write-up. BTW how are they working out for you?

 

I tried clicking on your link but its not working???????

http://gallery.bussert.dyndns.org/Bushings

 

http://gallery.bussert.dyndns.org:81/Bushings

changed to port 81

 

Why is this in religion/politics?
Do car mods count as a religion per se, or more of a cult type of thing?
Can you get a tax break from the church?

 

must be a screw up in the forum, religion/politics didn't even exist when i posted this.

 

Sweet just what i was looking for

thanks

 

Just tried to install my bushings and I can't get off the top cover! It is driving me crazy! I did a search and found directions, but they aren't helping. Someone please help me!

 

what top cover are you talking about? if it's the center console then you just have to pull really hard. i worked from front to back. i used my fingertips on the edge and pulled it up. it took about 5min of pulling upwards and once you get that off the back is much more fun!!!

 

grip it and rip it my friend. get a hold of the area under the shifter boot and pull straight up then work your way back.

 

Does anyone here still sell the metal bushings? I got the SS a while ago and I tried to email Kurt's friend but I haven't gotten a response...

 

I emailed him 10/17 and never heard anything from him. I ended up buying from clubrsx.com.

 

Thanks, it felt like I was going to break it. I can't believe that you have to use that much force. Anyway, I installed the bushing and I really like the way they feel when shifting.

Thanks Again!

 

I've got these bushings. I notice the shift knob vibrates in 1st, 2nd, and 5th above 3.5k rpm. Think this could be one or a combination of several:

1. In the process of the install, I knocked something out of alignment in the shifter mechanism. I don't think it's this as the shifter goes into gear without any issue.

2. Vibrations are transmitting from somewhere connected to the overall shifter mechanism. It has always vibrated but the stock rubber bushings mute this so I never felt it before. Metal bushings do not mute it.

3. It always vibrated and I never noticed it. Now that I have gone in there and messed around with stuff, I'm paranoid that I messed something up, so it's really some sort of reverse placebo effect and nothing is wrong.

I'm guessing it's some combination of the 2nd and 3rd choices, but am wondering if anyone else has some insight into this?

Thanks.

 

GREAT WRITE UP!!!

But I just have one question. What exactly does these bushings do again?

 

Bushings give you a stiffer shift I guess. Since they are metal and not rubber they'll leave less room for free movement during shifts.

I want them for my car

 

Can anyone provide information on where I can obtain a set of these bushings? other then whats provided in the original thread

Thanks