Has anyone had this issue before with the shifter being very hard to move left and right? It's almost as if it seized up. All we did was spray some WD-40 on the shifter bushings in the engine bay and the problem was resolved. Any idea as to why this would happen?

 

I had that happen a little bit when I first bought my Evo, but it went away as I put more miles on it. Might just be a little stiffness that you have to work out through usage.

 

hmm wd 40 is not a lube its name stands for water displacement recipe #40 make sure to go back in there with a lubricant

 

wowowow thats happening right now with my shift

 

Thats a bunch of junk!Hopefully I don't run into that.

 

Ususally this happens when the shifter cable gets stuck on the bushing. If you get some poly bushing and grease the heck of them, it may solve your problem.

 

For the time being, I haven't seen anymore issues after spraying it with wd40. If the problem does resurface, I'll put plenty of grease on it.

 

mine did the same thing after I put in metal shifter bushings!

I put in a ton of grease inside that rubber boot by the trans an it fixed the problem.

 

just make sure the shifter bushing underneath the hood is sitting flush inside the cables never have put any grease on mine and there working fine.......the zaklee ones that is

 

Mine is also do it that. Its like the cluch isnt grinding or anything its just not smooth shift. I dont feel it in the drive or in the peddles jsut the shifter alone i will also try grease cause it does feel like metal on metal and no lube

 

all evos have that ****