Asahi

I just installed the Comptech Short Shifter last night. Took me just under an hour and wa spretty straight forward. Comptech instructions were good enough to get the job done with no incidents.

I got to drive the TSX to work to this morning and I find the short shifter to be very notchy. It is a little shorter than I would like but more so way too notchy. Is there a fix for this at all or is this a normal feel I need to decide live with or remove?

Thanks

curls

IF you shift smoothly before the short shifter was installed, there should be no reason to be really notchy afterwards.

I really love the feel of my short shifter, and within 1 week I was more than accustomed to the slightly different feeling. I never found it "notchy", although did find that any slight-misshift would be more pronounced... all that goes away w/in a week though.

~Eric

Asahi

Why would before the install affect the feel after the install?

To clarify, by notchy I mean I can feel 2 distinct indexes between shifts. I feel the shifter leave the gear and go into neutral and then from neutral into the next gear. Stock is slid through the neutral area with no pronounced feel.

madmanmax3000

Mine works fine, however I do heard this awful crunch sound when I go from 1-2 gear every once in a while. That definitely never happened before....is it possible something needs calibration?

Asahi

There is no way to Calibrate anything. I only asked if everyone else's is notchy in case i hve an isolated incident and need to check the installation.

Matell

Yes it can feel notchy at times. Stick with it a little while and you'll adapt and begin to love it. Before to long you may find like myself and many others that even with the sort shift it fells like it could be shotter again...just like the Comptech Sway could do with being stiffer!.

It all fells different at first, just have to give it time and let your muscle memory adapt.

daddydliv

You'll get used to it. Then you'll love it.

madmanmax3000

Wait so does this mean I have a broken 2nd gear? uh oh

knthornt

Wish i could give input, but mine was installed at the dealer before i took delivery of the car, so i don't really know how it felt before it was installed. I can't say that mine really feels notchy, but then again i have been on the road for two weeks and haven't driving my car getting home tonight though, so i will be able to jump back in and

TSX.Fury

yeah... it's a little more notchy then before. But you'll get used to it. I love it... makes a huge change.

bufo

Yup, mine feels that way too. You'll get used to it and then you'll love it.

curls

Probably this:

Since the short shifter gets you from 1 to 2 quicker (less throw = slightly less time to complete the shift), your timing w/ the clutch pedal is a bit off. You're probably not getting the pedal ALL the way down before getting into 2nd. This happened to me a few times after getting the SS, but since then, my muscle memory has adapted and my timing is now bang-on.

Like we said: Give it a week and see how it feels. I'm confident you'll love it and not even remember you had this post.

knthornt

Ok, I can give input now. Got home last night and drove to boston to pick up my girlfriend at the bus station... In rush hour traffic, i was able to do a lot of shifting and I now understand what you mean by notchy, however since I have had this since I took delivery of the car, I never noticed. doesn't really matter because I absolutely LOVE the way this car shifts.