Hi all, 2008 LX-P 5 SPD unknown mileage
I replaced the shift linkage bushings yesterday. When I test the shifter, it can go in first, third and 5th but not 2nd, 4th, and reverse. I don't get the clunk feel when trying to get it in gear.
Is there something I can adjust, or was I supposed to do something before pushing the bushing into place?

Thanks in advance!

 

Which bushings? Mounting the shift-lever assembly within the console? Or is there something out front where the cables attach at the transmission?

Either way, is there any chance you disturbed the way the cables are routed through the floorpan and out to the transmission?

Can you get someone to work the shift lever while you watch the cables & levers at the transmission? What I'm thinking is that something has moved in a strange way to obstruct the full movement.

 

I replaced the bushing on the cable that mounts to the transmission. The big bushing that allows the shifter to move forward and backwards, not the side to side cable. The cables at the inside, where it connects to the base at the console has not been touched. The cables have not been replaced, rerouted, or tampered with. All I did was replace the big bushing, where it connects to the tranny. The shifter has no problem going in 1st, 3rd, and 5th, which is forward, but trying to pull back into 2nd, 4th and reverse, it won't "clunk" into the gear. In my perspective, when I pull the shifter down into second, fourth, reverse, the cable is moving forward at the tranny. I'm curious if the tranny has to be in neutral when mounting the bushing. It's as if the cable isn't long enough or strong enough to push the lever notchy thingy into gear. Like it needs 2 more millimeters of an inch to get in gear, if that makes any sense.

 

Does anyone know if the linkage cable is adjustable? I'm wondering if there's an adjuster on the cable to add more tension. I assume in time the cable stretches and might have an adjuster on the cable to add tension.

 

I don't have a shop manual for that generation of Accord. My 1998-2002 book isn't much help either. It looks like there might be some kind of adjustment where the cables attach to a bracket just behind the bushing you replaced. But it's really not clear whether there's some adjustment there.

 

I know what area you are talking about. That section where the rubber according boot resides has a nut that spins in both direction, but I'm not sure if that applies and loosens tension, or it just spins so that the rubber boot doesn't twist and break. I tried twisting it but the rubber boot starts to twist. I think it has to do with the linkage, because I can easily move the transmission lever the bushing is attached to with ease and it goes into 1st, 3rd, and 5th. I was hoping someone experienced the same issue and resolved it.

 

I'm sorta guessing here, but it almost looks like the clips (#11) can be positioned in different places on the cable. But this picture really doesn't show it good enough to know if that's true...

 

I pulled off the bushing from the shift lever at the transmission. I can easily shift the lever with my hand. If I move the lever toward the front of the car, which would be 2nd, 4th and reverse, the bushing can't reach. So it seems the cable is about an inch short and I have the shifter in the 2nd gear position. The linkage is original so, I'm wondering what would make the cable short to where it can't reach the lever.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

 

If those #11 clips don't give you any ability to adjust, then the next thing I'd do is open the console to see if anything is loose or ?? at that end of the cable. Those large things just above the #4 # 15 parts clip into the "C"-shaped opening on either side of the shift-lever assembly. Maybe something is loose back there?

 

I pulled off the console to see what might be going on in there. For the most part, besides it being filthy, it seems ok. The shifter ball that sits in the black bushing seems loose. There's no stiffness as it would be when it's new. Can that plastic bushing be replaced, or do I have to replace the entire assembly? There's a little bit of play, where if I lift the shifter up and down and side to side it moves easily.as if the bushing is stretched/worn. I'm wondering if that might be the culprit. Maybe the little play the shifter has, has too much flex when shifting into 2nd, 4th, and reverse. I don't see anything wrong with the cables. Everything is in place