Guys, I know this has been beaten to death but I am a little confused. I took out the shifter and am ready to put the Kartboy in, and I can't figure out how the yellow bushings work with a 02 LX. I can't see how they go in. Do I have to use my stock bushings??? Has anyone done this on a 3rd gen that is not a P5 or a MP3??? Thanks, sorry this is already been gone over a lot??

 

yes, i have done it


Ok, so what you need to do is, first the bushings are NOT anywhere near the shifter.

when you look under the car at the shifter, you see 2 black rods connecting to it, one of these rods(black tubes, about 1.5 inches in diameter), i believe it is the lower one runs under the car, it runs twoard the front of the car and connects to your transmission (right under the engine) about where the wheels are. It connects to the side of the tranny on a post with a black bushing on it (looks like rubber)
You need to unbolt the bushing its like a 12mm socket, and pull it off the little post it is on, this is where it gets kinda tricky tho, becuase it will bang up against the exhaust pipe (right where it bends upwards to connect to exhuast manifold) you just need to keep yankin at it till it comes off, then us the post as kinda a punch to push the old bushing out, it will be very hard to do and will feel like you are gonna be breaking stuff but it is the only way to get it off, it will pop out and you need to remove the metal sleeve that is inside it, pop each of the kartboy bushings on the ends of the now vacant rod ending, (pretty intiutive) and push the sleeve back in connecting the 2 bushings, after that all you have to do it push the bushing/rod/sleeve combo back onto the post and tighten, and it is ready to roll
the bushings are sweet especially after a few weeks they set in and are very smooth and nice

 

also, i don't think it matters if it is an mp5 or mp3 or msp, i think they are all the same

 

Ok, so the bushings go on farther down the line, right? I got the shifter on, and everything hooked back up, but I didn't put the bushings on. Also, after I installed my Eibachs about a month and a half ago, I get a clunk in the left rear. Could this be the clunk the MP3 guys are talking about?

 

yea, the bushings and shifter are totally independent, and about the eibachs, i have no idea, mine are in the mail, ill tell you if i get the same thing after i get them installed

 

Go check out KBoy´s web site, they have detailed instructions on how to install the bushings with pics and everything.

 

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happy shifting
tom