Problem Shifting Into 3rd Gear (Shifter Assembly) Options

[HardHead93]

When I was at my track day yesterday I was sometimes having problems shifting into 3rd gear under high rpm. It was weird, the shift felt soft when I pushed it into 3rd almost like if I pushed any harder my fist would go through the console. I knew it couldn't be a tranny thing, it had to be something with the shifter so I pulled the center console and started playing with it. I noticed whenever I put it into 3rd the hard plastic shifter assembly flexed a little. Does anyone have a fix for this? I know some people switch to a metal assembly but I do not know if that is an option for our cars. It is really annoying to not know if you have the car in gear before you let out the clutch.

[HardHead93]

Here are the crappy rubber shifter bushings.



I replaced them with aluminum ones as well as did a short shifter. Here is the stock shifter next to the short shifter.


I am still not sure if I like the short shifter but the problem with the shifter not going into 3rd gear is gone. I have not replace the shifter cable bushings yet so it may tighten up the shifts even more. If I am not happy with the short shifter I will put in an extension to take it back to normal height because it is a pain in the butt getting the shifter out.

This post has been edited by HardHead93: Jun 10, 2017 - 1:27 AM