hey you guys ive had my MT fit for less than a week and i notice that the shifter is getting more and more play in it. anybody notice this as well?

 

thats what happens as you break in a clutch..

 

your'e wrong because all the clutch does is engage and disengage power from the engine and the transmission it has nothing to do with the shifter being a little loose. it's not loose but like you can put your finger on top of it and shake it around. it moves about 1/4 in in all directions

 

yes and i have no clue what its from.

 

On neutral?

All my M/T cars i have/had owned are exactly what you describe (on neutral). To me it's normal.

 

Mine feels the same as when I bought it.

 

yeah in neutral it has the most play but in gear it does too, not as much but pretty close to same

 

its the flex capacitor

 

WOWW man stop with the flex capacitor crap lol

 

did i already use that joke on this forum? dang! i crack myself up on that one every time. sorry. yeah its normal. its just breaking in. hondas eventually lose that "solid" feel after a couple thousand miles. nicest clutch feel i ever felt was on my old svt focus (same trans as a miniS) and a bmw clutch.

 

nothing normal about that.

 

How does breaking in the clutch create play in the shifter?

 

If there's a FLEX capacitor in there instead of a FLUX capacitor, man, your time circuits will be all out of whack.

 

i think there should be clarification on what he means by "play"

 

Anytime you have linkage there can be some play. If it is 1/4" as you state there is nothing wrong with that, but if it is somewhere near the amount of play that there is in neutral then you may want to have it looked at.