akesh45

Recently had a mechanic redo another mechanic's crap clutch job. Honda OEM parts with ACT 9lb flywheel*.

Car drives like a dream and so does clutch except one problem: stick shift leans 15-20% degrees to the right in neutral.

The Stick shift slides perfectly into gear and aligns 90 degrees in first or second...other gears look like 10% degrees right.

Doesn't seem to affect functionality but I do feel weird looking at it....looks like it's in 5th gear when it's in third. Haven't missed any shifts because of it though.

Problem or nothing to worry about. Shifts like a dream, no clutch buzz, and shifting never felt so damn good.

EDIT:


Here's a picture. I decided to test and see if it shifts perfectly into 3rd from neutral...yep. Shifts are fine leading me to believe it might be the angle is off. Not a big problem....any potential issues? Considering I lowered the flywheel weight to 9lbs and hadn't driven in awhile, i shift like a champ.

kwin5946

Check the mounts

akesh45

You think it's just broken or misaligned? Car's solid when driving, no shaking or vibration issues.

Slows2k

The shifter is in backwards.

akesh45

For reals! how did you come to that conclusion?

Slowcrash_101

Experience? Removing the shifter means unscrewing the shift knob popping off the center console, then carefully removing the plastic ring before unbolting the bolts that hold it on, check the little plastic pivot ball at the bottom of the shifter. Often times they're broken and barely held on.

Car Analogy

+1. When I changed the bushing at the end of my shifter, I couldn't tell which way it went back in. I could see it would lean to one side if it was backwards. I spent some time googling for some photos that would reveal which way it went back, to avoid having to do over.

Sounds like second shop did a better job than first shop, but still managed to screw something up.

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akesh45

Think he could have put it on backwards and it's broken too. In that case I'll probably order the pivot ball too.

akesh45

Worth Doing it myself instead of driving the car all the way to the shop again? i took out the shifter once before and con'f recall it being too hard.

B serious

I'd take it back to the shop. They should pay for parts and labor to get the shifter back in correctly. A backwards shifter is the most likely issue.