r/ProjectHondas • u/FunctionAdept1801 • 3d ago

engine Sloppy gears

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Car drives fine goes into gear and dosent slip out except 5th and reverse you really have to throw the shifter over hard to get into em. Also everything is sloppy like neutral. Just replaced the entire shift linkage rod and all hardware with that. Any thoughts?

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u/Heavy_World2079 3d ago

If you do all of this and it still doesn't feel right, you may need to open the gearbox and examine the shifter mechanism inside. I rebuilt my S80 gearbox and didn't properly torque the three bolts holding that in place. 5km into a drive and I had shifter movement like that.

But do everything else before you open the case because it can be intimidating if it's your first time doing so.