07 Corsport Short Throw and Bushing Install

[SMoLiK]

Short Throw/Bushing Install DIY

Tools: Needle nose pliers, stubby pliers (thick ones prefered), 14mm wrench, 17mm and 18mm wrench, allen wrenches, dremel (with snake attachment and grinding bit), 10mm socket, ratchet and a long socket extension (two preferred), c-clamp, loctite...

Remove shift knob (14mm needed for Si) by unscrewing it... If you dont have an Si push down on the boot to free the knob then unscrew it...

Push the boot down to provide slack, slip your fingers under the round part of the shift boot assembly (using the slack provided by the boot) and pull up to remove...

Pull up on the second half of the console closer to the arm rest and near the e-brake... The clip on the right side has fallen off two out of two times for me but it is not required... The clip on the left came off on my Si but not on my girlfriends non Si civic... Luckly I it didnt fall and I was able to grab it with some needle nose pliers... Once the back of the top part of the console is removed, pull it toward you to remove the front of it... Now the job gets easy...

The short shifter is an easy install and here is a trick that no one else seems to know... To get the blue cap off the stock shifter use either a 17mm or 18mm wrench (I forget which one, but its the one that slips over the blue cap easily), put the blue cap through the (round) open side of the wrench... Place the wrench behind the blue cap and pry the cap off using the wrench against the black part of the shift assembly for leverage... Be sure to angle the blue cap so that you are pushing on the top edge of the cap to get it to pop off... If you do it right (the wrench can be slipped over the cap two ways, angled to the cap and away from the cap... I am pretty sure it needs to be angled toward the cap to work right) the blue cap will pop off with ease... I put a micro towel around the whole area and the cap itself to catch it (it will pop off the ball at a pretty good speed)...

Slide your finger around the factory shifter ball to remove the grease, apply that grease to the ball on the short shifter... I suppose you could use white lithium for this but the factory shifter will have enough grease, a little goes a long way... To put the blue cap onto the new shifter simply use a clamp and slowly tighten the cap onto the short shifter, I used a wood c-clamp and it worked perfectly... When the blue cap snaps onto the shifter it will free up a bit of space and suddenly fall out of the clamp, so be sure to do this close to the ground so not to damage the shifter or cap... Spin the blue cap around a couple times to spread the grease...

Installing the short throw with the cap can be tricky, you gotta' play with the angle of the shifter and the short throw to get it to slip together... Once you get it together be sure to use loctite on the allen bolts that hold the shifter in place, tighten them down tight and make sure your pushing up on the short throw while you tighten it down so that it is installed properly...

I installed the shifter on both a Si and non Si model... On both models of civic I had to get my dremel (with snake attachment) and grind down the part of the shift assembly where the shift cable will now be rubbing (the hole down below where the lower shift cable travels through)... This makes for the 2nd, 4th, 6th, and reverse shifts much easier since the cable is no longer rubbing on the shifter assembly... Possibly even making the throw even shorter since the cable is no longer being pushed up further onto the ball...

When assembling the shifter on the non Si you can thread the shift knob down further before attaching the boot. This will provide an even shorter throw, I would reccomend getting an aftermarket (weighted) shift knob for the non Si since it will feel fairly notchy after the short throw install... On my Si I plan on going to the hardware store and getting a shallower nut to lock my shift knob in place so that I can try and make the knob slip down further onto the shifter...

The bushings are EASY to install on an Si, once you get the intake box apart with your ratchet, socket extension(s) and 10mm socket (tip to get the lower hose off the intake box - after you unscrew the three bolts for the intake box, pull it up and push it toward the fire wall while you wiggle the intake hose at the same time, this will get the lower intake hose to pop right off) get the stubby pair of pliers and pull out the old pins that hold down the old bushings (feel free to get aggresive, you will be throwing these out)... Spin the shift cable around and push out the old bushings out with your thumbs... Slip the new bushing into place on the cable, re-install the cable/bushing onto the tranny and install the E-Clips by pushing them as far as you can get them on with your fingers, then tapping them in place with something (I used the pair of thick stubby pliers)... Slip the pin into place and your done, this goes for both bushings... The feel of the bushings didnt improve things by much, but the rubber bushings will go soft over time so you might as well install the metal ones early...

Installing the bushings on a non Si looks to be a total pain in the arse and I have not tackled it yet... The intake box will take some time to remove since it has several hoses connecting to it and is shaped totally different...

I apologise for not including pictures but if you follow these directions you will not need pictures to guide you, the install for both the shifter and bushings is extremely easy... I installed both the shifter and bushings in less then 45 minutes (on my Si)... I would reccomend letting the loctite harden over night so that nothing goes wrong with your shifter, it is a bit cold where I live right now so I let the car idle for a while with the heater on (room temperature) to help it cure properly...

After all that, your done, enjoy your new short throw and bushings...

SMo'

[Ainokea_Si]

[Szwaboski]

Here's some pictures

Originally Posted by Szwaboski

here are some photos of it










you can notice my blood on this last one lol

Notice the black part at the bottom... it rubs unless you sand it down

[bradvb]

[Ainokea_Si]

nice touch with the blood, makes it a great install :)

[SMoLiK]

Originally Posted by Ainokea_Si

Well if I ever do another civic I will take a crap load of pics...

When you pry the bushing off I dont think you actually pry it against the black part of the shifter... I think you actually try it against the bottom portion of the shifter itself... You seat the bushing so that it is on the open part of the wrench as flush as possible on the bushing and pry it off...



SMo'