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Hello,

I'm a new member/new civic owner. I just bought a 96 d16y8 1.6L vtec. It has a 5 speed and has been lowered, a lot from what I can tell. To get to my point, driving through all the gears is great. Very smooth with no grinding or slipping. I notice that when it's in gear, I can move the shifter quit a bit from side to side. Id say maybe 2 inches. I also noticed this morning that, with the car off, I can put it into any gear without engaging the clutch. My thoughts are that I need a new transmission. Can anyone shed some light on my issues?

Thanks.

 
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sounds normal...

 
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Might need new bushings in the shifter linkage.

 
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although moving the shifter side-to-side is that it's supposed to move to the sides, unless it's too soft.

 
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to me that sounds normal all I ever owned were manual vehicles I could always shift in and out of gears with the car off and like ezone said needs new bushings cause the dude who had it was prob racing it rippin at the gears know this from experience replaced bushings a lot very simple fix tho but everything else is normal to me

 
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Thanks. So I need a transmission bushing replacement kit? Or what should I look into purchasing.

 
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Read this again


You need to get under the car and see for yourself exactly which parts have excessive play and then refer to a catalog to see what parts you may need.





http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...y5=SHIFT+LEVER
(I picked a random car for the pic. You need to start at the beginning of the site and choose your actual car.)