Love this shifter. Have it in my eg.
I have installed a K-Tuned Shifter and race cables. The install for the shifter is very straight forward and not problems there. Love the shifter solid movement and extended length of the knob.
Here is a comparison next to the 2005 RSX S shifter.
The race cables are a more elaborate job and requires some patience and finesse to get things right.
Upon completion of the install and proper adjustments, I found that my shifter would not shift easily to 1st, 2nd 5th, 6th and reverse gears. It was nearly impossible to use it like this safely.
Went on to trouble shoot the problem and found that the attachment that allows movement from front to back was too rigid and did not allow natural swivel movement of an already very stiff cable setup.
When you would move from left to right the cable attachment point was held flat and forced the cable to push hard on the cable and cause pinching, grinding on the assembly at the mounting point.
My solution to this problem was quite clever and simple and now my shifter is back to smooth solid shifts and loving the race cable setup.
Here are pictures of the area with the problem and solution:
This picture illustrates where the mounting point is rigid and does not allow proper swivel movement to allow cable to move properly when moving shifter left to right:
This is where the binding occurs due to lack of swivel motion:
I modified the mounting eye hook to the following shape to solve the problem:
Here it is installed and performing beautifully with great solid action and smooth shift engagement:
Here is a view of the more natural flex when shifter moved to the left. Before the modification, the cable wanted to stay straight and pushed hard on the mounting point causing the grind and sticking:
Last edited by MercRacing; 04-30-2014 at 12:35 PM.
Love this shifter. Have it in my eg.
Great looking shifter. Wish you could of took a before and after video. Do you think this modification will need to be done on all RSX?
Hmm.. that would have been cool to do. but its really straight common sense... The mounting point was solid and did not allow the cable to bend naturally to the cable mounting point. So instead it pushes against the wall and binds. This is a very solid piece and extremely strong cable.. so just needed this little tweak. These are the RACE cables. not the standard cable.
The piece is a piece of art and a must for anyone needing solid racing shifting and experience.
So which version of the box do you have ? the original or the race version ? If I buy a shifter I kinda want to be able to install the plastic cover and shift boot over the shifter box and I'm not sure that it's possible with the race version do you have anything over the box or is it exposed in your car ?
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Race. It's exposed. I "think "with creativity you can still use your cover.
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Busy and really well. Thanks.
I'm grabbing a quick bite before I go back to welding. Let me see how the center console fits on top before I start welding.
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I don't have the k tuned box yet tryin to decide which to get .
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