As most of us know, the OEM shift linkage is no longer available from Honda and as opposed to scrounging to try and find a used shift linkage for our archaic vehicles…new would be preferred. Regardless of mileage, our OEM shift linkages (and their rubber bushings) are old and likely well worn, and are not meant to be rebuilt.
In the interim, I have “rebuilt” my OEM linkage, but it is still excessively sloppy. New bushings, as well as a rebuilt u-joint…have done no good. Being in gear has the same loose feeling as being in neutral. Makes for a fun time trying to find gears!
I’ve been looking into a Hasport/Innovative replacement for months. There is conflicting information. Hasport says they don’t make one, but if you call them they say that their 92-00 Civic / 94-01 Integra fits it just fine. Innovative specifically says it is meant for 92-00 Civic / 90-01 Integra.
Question is, does ANYONE have any experience, firsthand or hearsay, as to what the best suggestion is here?
I had experience before with a hassport linkage in a Ef hatch I had worked great you can only go aftermarket for that b swap but it felt great it’s engineered to spec so I mean maybe with aftermarket bushings which I always instal of I’m taking off or installing a new linkage that should free up and play those energy suspension bushings work great
Colin, have you been pleased enough to suggest going with the OEM ITR Linkage? It’s only slightly more expensive, however if you have firsthand experience with that setup in a DA and it is crisp…I’ll go that route.
I just want a setup that when it is in gear…you can tell it is in gear. Something tight without slop. I’m using the KTuned Pro Circuit shifter, and with the extra play…it’s tough to find gears.
I have zero complaints about my setup. Personally it feels the same as the original DA setup except the shifter is in a slightly different position. My guess would be that there’d be no noticeable difference between a new OEM ITR and a new HASport. The design looks the same so there shouldn’t be much if any of a difference. The change most people say they feel is because their old linkage was worn out. And more often the big difference is when people change from the old rubber bushings to nice and crisp new poly bushings. There’s even a company making solid aluminum bushings now but personally I’m not sold on that, I don’t have any info regarding whether it’s a good idea or not but solid bushings just sound like they could be bad for the transmission long term. I’m definitely not risking it unless there’s some evidence that it’ll be OK.
Regarding the linkage being longer… do you know this for a fact? I’ve never compared side by side so I’m not sure. Seems to me that if it was longer that it wouldn’t fit properly. The shifter is a different shape and that definitely changes the location of the shifter.
[QUOTE=Colin;2332498]I have zero complaints about my setup. Personally it feels the same as the original DA setup except the shifter is in a slightly different position. My guess would be that there’d be no noticeable difference between a new OEM ITR and a new HASport. The design looks the same so there shouldn’t be much if any of a difference. The change most people say they feel is because their old linkage was worn out. And more often the big difference is when people change from the old rubber bushings to nice and crisp new poly bushings. There’s even a company making solid aluminum bushings now but personally I’m not sold on that, I don’t have any info regarding whether it’s a good idea or not but solid bushings just sound like they could be bad for the transmission long term. I’m definitely not risking it unless there’s some evidence that it’ll be OK.
Regarding the linkage being longer… do you know this for a fact? I’ve never compared side by side so I’m not sure. Seems to me that if it was longer that it wouldn’t fit properly. The shifter is a different shape and that definitely changes the location of the shifter.[/QUOTE]
I could be confusing something else…going by memory. After researching, there are still more questions than answers for the DA chassis in general!
For shifter position, is it further back? Cause any issues with the center console?
If not, I’m going to go ahead and order. Sad thing being, I tried to rebuild mine and reinstalled…now have to do it again!
The shifter will sit further forward. The DA shifter is a single bend, ITR is dual. There are pictures online to show the comparison. Removing the center console is a tiny bit more tricky, the shifter position can get in the way. But for me as long as I put it in 4th gear the console comes out no problem, I just removed mine 3 days ago actually.
I have the K-Tuned Pro Circuit shifter. I just wanted to ensure that it wasn’t sitting too far forward/backward and would hit the center console when shifting.
Just sent an email out on a NIB ITR shifter setup.
I use the DC shift linkage in my blue Teg. You can get the new linkage with the U-joint and then just grab the stabilizer bar from a wrecked DC. Oddly enough the linkage is cheaper than the stabilizer. If you try to use the DA stabilizer the shifter will sit at a silly forward angle (ask me how I know…)
I have an OEM ITR linkage, shifter, and shift boot as well. The shifter is place a little forward where it slighty pulls the boot when in 1st, 3rd, 5th gears.