Vibrating shifter fix!

[Hanzo]

Originally Posted by denkigrve

Welcome to the land of the boxer motor. Horizontally opposed pistons cause vibration in the shifter. If you're hearing noise, something is loose, figure out what and fix it. Mine isn't doing that.

Had a WRX, drove several STIs, an old 2.5RS Impreza and none has as much vibration in higher rpm than the BRZ.

[Tbxgz]

Originally Posted by Mr. Mcoupe

If they can direct some of the vibration to the passenger seat so that it effectively acts as a g-spot modulator at varying speeds, my gf would love it.

Not a good idea with alcentra seats

[DookDookDGM]

Originally Posted by Hanzo

My ae86 didn't vibrate what have you done to it?

I've owned 7 AE86s and never had one that didn't have "character" by way of rattles, vibration or squeaks. Even with the delrin shifter bushing the gear lever still vibrates. TRD header hugs so close to the frame rail that if you don't hammer the contact spot for clearance, your feet will never stop vibrating.

My hatch is sitting on t3 coils/agx and trd rear 7ks. It's stiff, squeaky, noisy and uncomfortable. But it drives fantastic.

[Koji_Online]

Originally Posted by Mr. Mcoupe

If they can direct some of the vibration to the passenger seat so that it effectively acts as a g-spot modulator at varying speeds, my gf would love it.

LOL

Originally Posted by Hanzo

You should get the "say the craziest things" award on FT86club.

definitely! & I appreciate the humor effort haha

[noAE86]

Originally Posted by DookDookDGM

I've owned 7 AE86s and never had one that didn't have "character" by way of rattles, vibration or squeaks.

THIS is why i love driving my ae86 more then the slew of other cars in my garage,

in a way i hope my new brz does have a few "character" enhancing aspects,

[Hanzo]

Originally Posted by DookDookDGM

I've owned 7 AE86s and never had one that didn't have "character" by way of rattles, vibration or squeaks. Even with the delrin shifter bushing the gear lever still vibrates. TRD header hugs so close to the frame rail that if you don't hammer the contact spot for clearance, your feet will never stop vibrating.

My hatch is sitting on t3 coils/agx and trd rear 7ks. It's stiff, squeaky, noisy and uncomfortable. But it drives fantastic.

I've had 2 86s and if you don't modify it too much it is very smooth.

[FT-86GOD]

filthy interior btw OP........... LOL.........

[ultra]

I have a shifter rattle, as in it rattles.

Never thought of taking the shift knob off (duh) so I did today and the sound seemed to almost go away while I was driving. Usually it makes a rattling noise than increases as I accelerate.

When I stuck the shift knob back on though it rattled again, no matter how much I tightened it. Tightened it good, up until I was worried about wrenching the shift level off.

Spare Evo shift knob wouldn't fit so I might try and pick up something cheap just to see if the rattle goes away any.

Oddly though, even with the shift knob off I was hearing rattles from the shift lever when revving in neutral.

Vibration from the engine is no big deal to me and the car drives just fine apart from the annoying rattling noise - smooth shifts, no grinding, nothing feels amiss, yet it rattles. Gah.

Weird I know, but I can hear it.

[houseofsuffering]

Originally Posted by FT-86GOD

filthy interior btw OP........... LOL.........

lol, first thing i saw too!

[Longhorn248]

Bringing this thread back from the dead.

I've noticed a rattle coming from my shifter, but it appears to stop if I put my hand on the plastic ring used to go into reverse. This leads me to believe that it's not the shift knob making the noise, but rather it's the plastic ring.

Anyone find this to be the case in their car? Any fixes?

[boead]

Originally Posted by Sony

This is not a problem...Most cars nowadays are FWD or have transaxles which require a cable connected shifter....this mutes shifter feel. The BRZ, having a true longitudinal transmission has a shifter that is directly attached to the transmission and the gears themselves by solid rods and therefore gives a more direct and attached feel.

And what a great feel that is!!

at nearly 8000 miles my shifter is smooth(er) again. Much better than it was a few thousand miles ago.
God I LOVE this car!

[SuperDave]

i'm pretty sure every car has a vibrating shifter, this seems like such a subjective topic of observation because one person's "huge problem" is another person's "car trait," the shifter in my brz rattles from time to time but hell, it's a car and there are a lot of moving parts, one thing's for sure, the car itself doesn't rattle like inline 4s, and i'm thankful for that.

[Myv]

Mine vibrates somewhat crazily when it's in neutral, no noise so doesn't bother me.

[Longhorn248]

I solved the shifter rattle. The rattle was coming from the silver plastic ring around the base of the shift knob. It's not fit on there very snug so it will rattle during acceleration.

I took off the shift knob, turned it upside down and then put liquid nails in between the silver ring and the inside of the shift knob. Let it dry over night and then re-installed in the morning. No more rattle.