Vibrating Short Shifter Solutions? - Honda Forum / Acura Forum

Juggles · 09-09-2007, 09:04 PM

I have a B&M short shifter with a knock-off Type-R shift knob (pretty heavy). At highway cruising speed, though, the whole stick vibrates. It's not bad, but I like a quiet car. Has anyone dealt with this before and fixed it? Maybe a bushing or something that would absorb the vibration from the transmission is available? Thanks for any info.

95integrars · 09-10-2007, 01:59 AM

when my short shifter was loose it was because the bushings had cracked. i removed the shift linkage and replaced the broken bushing and now everything's fine. that's probably what you're gonna have to do.

ATISTANG · 09-10-2007, 03:41 AM

does it have a bunch of play in it?

is it a adjustable shifter? the shorter the throw the lower the shifter will stick out from under the car, it might be rubbing the exhaust

96exboy · 10-19-2007, 08:31 PM

i got the same prob and i already tried new bushings any one have a clue how to fix it i also have a b&m

Anomoly · 10-21-2007, 06:55 PM

i have no experience with BM shifters, but it sounds like they are pretty sloppy on their manufacturing tolerences on this shifter, it sounds like the shifter just does not seat well in the honda linkage or it may be touching the exhaust, for a shifter to vibrate enough to piss you off something is not right, obviously they will vibrate but at highway speeds and RPM it should only be minor like a cell phone vibration but a little less, this is an effect of motors being balanced

Juggles · 10-22-2007, 07:36 AM

It's a short throw without much play in it and it's not touching the exhaust. It just picks up the vibrations from the transmission.

96exboy · 10-24-2007, 07:53 PM

yeah it was man but got it fixed today i just took and bent the hanger down a little bit and fixed the prob right up

hampsterpower · 10-25-2007, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Juggles

I have a B&M short shifter with a knock-off Type-R shift knob (pretty heavy). At highway cruising speed, though, the whole stick vibrates. It's not bad, but I like a quiet car. Has anyone dealt with this before and fixed it? Maybe a bushing or something that would absorb the vibration from the transmission is available? Thanks for any info.

I was bugged by this problem for months before I found a fix.

B&M ships with soft black rubber O-rings as dampeners(inside shifter to linkage joint) find similar sized hard O-rings in the plumbing department at the hardware store. There were four rings on mine. I replaced all for a few bucks.
It will be a tight fit, but no more BUZZZZZ!

I did this a year ago. so far so good.

instant_classic · 10-25-2007, 12:29 PM

I had the same problem and it drove me nuts. More specificially it occured at about 3000 rpm all the time.

I bought energy suspension shifter bushings and a fidanza short throw. I put some threadlocker red on all the screws and nuts, then tightened everything down HARD.

No more buzz, no more play, nice crisp shifts, very happy, just tighten the shit out of it and you should be fine, just don't tigthen it your shifter too hard or you won't be able to shift lol.

Good luck!

BLUEB16 · 11-02-2007, 01:09 PM

i had the same problem. i bought some stock bushings for the shifter not thinking. since i couldnt use the new bushings, i put a split ring lock washer on either side of the linkage and tightened the crap out of it. now i have no more noise and the shift is now a lot more firm and smooth.