Gear stick

[Guest]

Sup peps i have a 1997 gtb legacy!

My gear stick seems to be very lose compared to my mates Honda Integra..

Is there a way you tighten the gear stick? and who has the same problem?

Cheerz!

[Guest keltik]

Pretty common problem. You can replace the bushes in the linkage and that might tighten it up a bit. Adding a short shift kit will help too.

The Subaru uses a direct metal linkage to the gearbox, if i remember right the Integra uses control wires? Which would naturally make it tighter

[Guest]

yeah my mates da6 integra has a short shifter and is fucking tight, no play at all

[ReubenH]

Mines loose as f***. I had a look at the linkages when i got me exhaust done, and it actually had no bushes at all, they had completely disintegrated. I think it's at least a $200 job to fix, the linkages are a good $100+ on their own.

[Guest boostin]

On some you can pull the linkages apart and replace just the bushes. About $10 per bush x4.

On the ones you have to replace the whole linkage, I have in the past ground the top off the pins and disassembled the linkage, fitted the bushes then replaced the pins with bolts. A bit more time involved but cheaper in the long run, especially if you DIY...

[ReubenH]

 boostin said:

On some you can pull the linkages apart and replace just the bushes. About $10 per bush x4.

On the ones you have to replace the whole linkage, I have in the past ground the top off the pins and disassembled the linkage, fitted the bushes then replaced the pins with bolts. A bit more time involved but cheaper in the long run, especially if you DIY...

Yeah, a guy i was talking to suggested this. He had also done one with just machined alloy for the bushes... That'd be rather brutal

[johndoe1003]

my bushes seemed to have collapsed or something just went to downshift from 3rd to 2nd and the lever went loose as and hit the side of the lever boot thingy underneath the plastic panel if you know what i mean.....anyone know exactly whats involved in this? want to sell the car asap, buying me something the cops dont love to inspect.

[KwS]

my gtb did this once. its the centering spring, on the underside of the gear selector (below the stick, under the car). i got a subaru specialist to replace mine, as i couldnt be bothered doing it myself. cost a couple of dollars for the spring and 5 mins to put it on.

[johndoe1003]

ok, ive taken the interior out of the centerconsole area, your meaning that theres a spring under the ball for the shifter? i tried to moved the ball part round etc but it seemed to have very little play in that area, felt more like a bush at the g box end...

[ReubenH]

 johndoe1003 said:

want to sell the car asap, buying me something the cops dont love to inspect.

It's NOT the car mate, not in anyway. It's location and time + front mount + ride height + exhaust + plate. All can be fixed and you'll never be bothered. I've been pulled over twice, in the last year and a half in my black GTB limited, both times resulting in nothing. It's all about outward appearance, not the car itself.

[KwS]

 johndoe1003 said:

ok, ive taken the interior out of the centerconsole area, your meaning that theres a spring under the ball for the shifter? i tried to moved the ball part round etc but it seemed to have very little play in that area, felt more like a bush at the g box end...

no, as i said in my last post, its UNDER the car. poke your head under the car, and look at where the gearstick and its linkages are, there will either be a broken spring hanging there, or two little loops that need a spring put on them.

Unfortunately, that linkage part is one thing i just dont have a photo of >_<

[Guest keltik]

Spring snapping wouldnt cause the shifter to hit the side of the tunnel as it doesnt restrict movement at all. It just wouldnt re-center itself

[Guest boostin]

And plenty don't have the springs.

[Jammasta]

 ReubenH said:

It's NOT the car mate, not in anyway. It's location and time + front mount + ride height + exhaust + plate.

Sounds like its the car to me. Unless is the weather, it must be the weather :

[KwS]

 keltik said:

Spring snapping wouldnt cause the shifter to hit the side of the tunnel as it doesnt restrict movement at all. It just wouldnt re-center itself

mine did, it just flopped over to the left hand side. once you moved it to the right, past the center it was fine, but it was a pita finding 1,2,3,4th gears.

[johndoe1003]

its algood! nut fell off the linkage underneath the car, bolt was still there, just hanging (car hasnt been driven haha). reuben, i have the same exhaust as you, hks silent high power my car is at its certified height, as i found out of fri, any higher and i will get another green sticker and a $200 fine! thats what i got, cause he misread my cert. now i got a loooong process ahead of me. plate as you no is for sale, its getting taken off my vehicle this week. all stickers on my car have been taken off. frontmount might go too

[ReubenH]

 TURTLE']

[quote name='ReubenH said:

It's NOT the car mate, not in anyway. It's location and time +b] front mount + ride height + exhaust + plate.[/b]

Sounds like its the car to me. Unless is the weather, it must be the weather :

And turtle fails at reading comprehension once again! You need an award for that one mate. What i was implying was owning an RSB won't get you pulled up, but owning one with the mods listed will. The car itself is fine, it's the mods to it that are attracting attention.

Mmm, now back on topic...

[Jammasta]

 ReubenH']

[quote name='ReubenH said:

It's NOT the car mate, not in anyway. It's location and time +b] front mount + ride height + exhaust + plate.[/b]

Sounds like its the car to me. Unless is the weather, it must be the weather :

The car itself is fine, it's the mods to it that are attracting attention.

The car is a combination of the vehicle and the mods, its not the front mount and the exhaust and rims etc that get it pulled over, its the car they are on. Therefore the car has a large determining factor in geting it pulled over. I can't be bothered arguing with you. Good day.

Please don't call me MATE.

[Swindog]

 ReubenH']

[quote name='ReubenH said:

It's NOT the car mate, not in anyway. It's location and time +b] front mount + ride height + exhaust + plate.[/b]

Sounds like its the car to me. Unless is the weather, it must be the weather :

And turtle fails at reading comprehension once again! You need an award for that one mate. What i was implying was owning an RSB won't get you pulled up, but owning one with the mods listed will. The car itself is fine, it's the mods to it that are attracting attention.

Mmm, now back on topic...

So i f my car looked stock but it had a fronty, bov and plate id get pulled over?

[Jammasta]

 Swindog said:

So i f my car looked stock but it had a fronty, bov and plate id get pulled over?

Clearly....

[Swindog]

Odd. Cos its doesnt look stock, has a fronty, a bov, what looks like a p plate but isnt, 4'' street cannon out the back, is low and looks like a boyracer car but i dont get pulled up?

Very odd indeed.

In fact i think ive been pulled over three times since ive owned it in like 2 and half years.

[WRXER]

 Swindog said:

Odd. Cos its doesnt look stock, has a fronty, a bov, what looks like a p plate but isnt, 4'' street cannon out the back, is low and looks like a boyracer car but i dont get pulled up?

Very odd indeed.

In fact i think ive been pulled over three times since ive owned it in like 2 and half years.

+1 oh and even with a massive scoop too , although I think I've been pulled up 5-6 times in 4 years. And in 8 years of owning wrx's I would been pulled over I think 10 times total

So in essence Im pulled over 1.2ish times a year haha ;D

[dubbedup]

Maybe its the way you drive it........

[johndoe1003]

sitting in a gassy filling up then getting "pulled" doesnt constitute in driving does it. and ive been pulled over pulling out of a carpark, no i did not even hit boost, ive been pulled over just cruisin at sub 110 on the motorway, and had my car checked. even going through police checkpoints, i get asked to pull to the side for an inspection.

[ReubenH]

 TURTLE said:

Please don't call me MATE.

Would C0CK be more appropriate then?