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These short shifter installation instructions
will show you the process of installing just about any
brand of short shifter in your Integra. The process will
take the average person about 45 minutes to complete as
long as you have all tools and materials prepared and
ready to go before you begin with the install. Once finished
the shifter will be several inches lower than the stock
shifter. The throw will be drastically reduce over stock
and the shifter will also have a more direct and solid
feel to it. This is really a great mod that will increase
the pleasure of driving your Integra! |
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Tools and Materials: |
| 1) Jack stands
and floor jack.
2) The new short shifter. (the DC shifter includes
a spacer)
3) Metric ratchet set/ and or wrenches
4) Pliers of some kind (to hold the other end
of bolts)
5) High-Temp Grease (I used Disc Brake Wheel
Bearing Grease) |
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Short
Shifter Installation |
| Begin by safely jacking
the car up and placing jack stands under the OEM jack
points and leave the floor jack under some part of the
car for safety. |
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| Next unscrew your shift knob
and chuck it one of your seats. |
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| Remove the 3 bolts that connect the exhaust
B-pipe from the catalytic converter. (It's the triangle
flange) **jessejames suggests that the short shifter can
be installed w/o removing the exhaust b-pipe. He suggests
removing the shifter stab. from the tranny itself. PM
him for this technique... |
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| And then remove the 2 bolts that hold the
B-pipe and the axel section together. Remove the B-pipe
from the car. (Removing the B-pipe completely is not required
to accomplish the install, but will save you a lot of
trouble trying to maneuver around it.) |
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| Now look up where the B-pipe
was and you will see where the shifter, stabilizer, and
linkage are located. Remove the bolt that goes through
the linkage and the bottom of the shifter. |
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| Loosen the two small bolts that hold the
shifter to the stabilizer. |
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| Next remove the 2 bolts that
hold the shift stabilizer bushing to the underside of
the car. And be careful not to lose the rubber rings that
sit between the bushing and the underside of the car.
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| The assembly is free now, so
pivot the shift linkage (the bar that doesn't have the
shifter attached to it) out of your way, and pull the
shift stabilizer bar and shifter down (there is a dust
boot that the shifter goes into, just pull it back to
get the shifter out). Remember those 2 small bolts I told
you to loosen? Now you need to hold the backside of the
bolt (which is sort of oval shaped) with pliers and use
a wrench/ratchet to loosen the small bolts. |
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| Once the 2 small bolts are free,
then you can pull the shifter out of the stabilizer bar.
Remove the metal plate from the shifter by pulling it
over the lip of the rubber boot and over the "T"
end of the shifter. |
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| Next pull back the rubber boot that covers
the shift ball, and pull the plastic piece that is underneath
it off of the shifter. |
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| Now you are going to take the rubber boot
off of the shifter. This is tricky because you'll have
to stretch that sucker over the shifter. I suggest pulling
it over one side of the "T" end of the shifter.
Also I found that some grease will help it over. |
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| Get that container of grease out. This is
the kind I bought if you need to know. |
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| Ok, grab your new shifter and dip your finger
into the grease and evenly apply it to the ball of the
new shifter. |
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| Then slide the plastic ring from the old
shifter on to the ball of the new shifter, and put some
grease on the ring. |
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| Next you're going to slide the rubber boot
from the old shifter, big end first over the "T"
end of the new shifter, which will be hard so just keep
stretching. |
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| Pull the rubber boot over both the plastic
ring and the ball, so that it just barely covers the ring
(that is around the ball of course). |
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| Take a rag or towel and wipe any excess
grease off of the shifter. Shiny! You bet. |
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| Put the metal plate back on the new shifter,
making sure that the flared side of the plate is facing
the "T" end of the shifter. |
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| Now insert the shifter back into the stabilizer
bar, just as it was before and put the 2 small bolts back
in, tighten them using the pliers to keep the other end
of the bolt from turning.
Put the shifter/stabilizer assembly back through the
dust boot and into the car, making sure that the bend
in the shifter faces the back of the car. (note: you
can have it face the front if you prefer to reach further
to shift) Put the two bolts (including their rubber
rings) back through the stabilizer bar bushing and tighten
them.
If you have the DC Short shifter (or any shifter that
has a small "T" end and includes a spacer)
then take out the small metal piece from the passengers
side of the "T" end of the shifter and insert
the bigger "spacer" (if it has a spacer) in
its place. |
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| Grab the shift linkage and move it back
into position over the "T" end of the shifter,
and put the bolt back through, making sure that it goes
through the spacer. Tighten the bolt. |
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| Inspect all of the bolts on the shift assembly
for tightness and then bolt the exhaust B-pipe back on.
Lower the car, screw the shift knob back on and enjoy
the quicker shifts! |
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