Replacing / repairing the bushings at the trans connection is the best way to eliminate the wobble in the shifter.
If you can make up some type of insert: from alum, delrin, washers cut to fit and fill the area, epoxy the spaces and redrill, ... you can stop it.
I have welded a universal joint in place for racing but don't know if I would recommend it for the street. You have to cut the old shift rod apart for the connections. I haven't tried drilling and bolting it yet.

A Replacement from Honda (if you can find one) was about $65 last time I checked.

By farenheight101 (24.69.255.203) on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 08:32 am:

Well I took it out...sread it open abit...then put it back, still alittle wobbly. I think I'm gonna redrll the hole and the put it in.

By Colza (Colza) (210.54.193.159) on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 - 12:13 am:

Nut and bolt combos dont work! You have to have a sprung pin, or it will always be sloppy. Just knock the pin out and get a new one, see if that helps.

By farenheight101 (24.69.255.203) on Monday, September 20, 2004 - 08:29 am:

oh yeaaa...that stuff that was in a previous post about making your own urethane engine mounts. We'll I'm in the middle of cutting out and fibreglassing rust right now so mabe on thursday when I go get the firbeglass materials, I'll get some urethane too for the linkage.

actually when I first tried to tighten up the slack...I did notice abit of play coming from the pin...I was thinkin on a nut and bolt combo, I think thats the answer! thanks guys...you da best!

By Colza (Colza) (219.88.58.191) on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 08:54 pm:

If you take them apart you can fill them up with sikaflex like engine mounts...

Best try on a spare one cos i think theres some brutal disassembly required. Cant quite recall how we did mine.

By Zauster (66.222.192.62) on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 09:10 am:

You sure it's not coming from the pin where the linkage connects to the trans? That's where I had a lot of slack as I tried to use a bolt instead of pounding in the pin.

David L.

By farenheight101 (24.69.255.203) on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 08:08 am:

Ay guys and gals,
My shifter linkage is as loose and floopy as...well...its loose and floppy! Any easy way of tightening the bushings up? I already put a little slab of aluminum on the bushing right under the pivot ball but only helped abit. Mabe I could get a B&M short shifter kit for a 92 civic, go to the scrap yard and get a shift linkage outta a 92 civic, and weld it onto the 78 linkage? what have you done in this situation?

Cheers,
Colin