Shifter rebuild and grease
https://trackbuilt.wordpress.com/201...ld-and-grease/
The theory behind this DIY is that over time the grease on the shifter assembly becomes contaminated, dries out and the plastic parts begin to wear down. The shifter then becomes notchy and sloppy. By replacing a few particular parts along with fresh grease you can get the shifter back to sliding smoothly between gears improving the driving feel.
I’ve had the parts sitting around at home for a while now but haven’t been in a rush to install as my shifter still feels quite good. I have low kms on my S2000 so maybe this contributes to that?
The parts needed are:
1x change lever ball #54110-S2A-003
1x reverse lockout spring #54117-S2A-003
1x plastic collar bushing #54111-S2A-003
Or
1x aftermarket metal collar (car garage amis/seeker/renegade etc)
I opted for the car garage amis metal collar as I had read all about the benefits of the metal collar over the oem plastic one and wanted to test out the results. A metal collar is stronger and doesn’t deform over time like the plastic version meaning your shifter feels better for longer.
With some free time over the weekend I decided to finally tackle the job. It’s a very straight forward DIY and took maybe half an hour to complete. I used this thread on s2ki which is really detailed and has some great pictures to go with it.
http://www.s2ki.com/forums/s2000-und...er-diy-772277/
So the results. After swapping in the new oem parts and the metal collar along with fresh grease the shifter is a little smoother going between gears. There is a more direct feel and the movement feels more solid so i put this down to the metal collar but given that my grease was pretty dry and the OEM plastic collar was cracked the difference isn’t all that crazy. Much less than what i was expecting anyway. Maybe i just read too many “OMG i did this swap and my shifter is absolutely amazing now!” comments and was expecting too much?
My shifter didn’t crunch previously and still felt nice so maybe that also contributes to the lacklustre results. Maybe if i had’ve waited longer until the shifter became worse the change would be more drastic and I’d be here raving on about how awesome this DIY is too. Knowing what i know now though I’d recommend people refresh their grease and if you want to replace the parts just get new OEM ones. The three OEM pieces total $13AUD whereas the car garage amis collar is $60AUD alone.
I should note that this impression is being done after only driving around the streets a couple times and i haven’t done any spirited driving or track days yet. I’ll come back and edit this next week after i attend Honda Nationals if there is any difference.
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https://trackbuilt.wordpress.com/201...ld-and-grease/
The theory behind this DIY is that over time the grease on the shifter assembly becomes contaminated, dries out and the plastic parts begin to wear down. The shifter then becomes notchy and sloppy. By replacing a few particular parts along with fresh grease you can get the shifter back to sliding smoothly between gears improving the driving feel.
I’ve had the parts sitting around at home for a while now but haven’t been in a rush to install as my shifter still feels quite good. I have low kms on my S2000 so maybe this contributes to that?
The parts needed are:
1x change lever ball #54110-S2A-003
1x reverse lockout spring #54117-S2A-003
1x plastic collar bushing #54111-S2A-003
Or
1x aftermarket metal collar (car garage amis/seeker/renegade etc)
I opted for the car garage amis metal collar as I had read all about the benefits of the metal collar over the oem plastic one and wanted to test out the results. A metal collar is stronger and doesn’t deform over time like the plastic version meaning your shifter feels better for longer.
With some free time over the weekend I decided to finally tackle the job. It’s a very straight forward DIY and took maybe half an hour to complete. I used this thread on s2ki which is really detailed and has some great pictures to go with it.
http://www.s2ki.com/forums/s2000-und...er-diy-772277/
So the results. After swapping in the new oem parts and the metal collar along with fresh grease the shifter is a little smoother going between gears. There is a more direct feel and the movement feels more solid so i put this down to the metal collar but given that my grease was pretty dry and the OEM plastic collar was cracked the difference isn’t all that crazy. Much less than what i was expecting anyway. Maybe i just read too many “OMG i did this swap and my shifter is absolutely amazing now!” comments and was expecting too much?
My shifter didn’t crunch previously and still felt nice so maybe that also contributes to the lacklustre results. Maybe if i had’ve waited longer until the shifter became worse the change would be more drastic and I’d be here raving on about how awesome this DIY is too. Knowing what i know now though I’d recommend people refresh their grease and if you want to replace the parts just get new OEM ones. The three OEM pieces total $13AUD whereas the car garage amis collar is $60AUD alone.
I should note that this impression is being done after only driving around the streets a couple times and i haven’t done any spirited driving or track days yet. I’ll come back and edit this next week after i attend Honda Nationals if there is any difference.
Sent from my VTR-L09 using Tapatalk
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