cb7 shifter in a cd5

[Twest7740]

Does anybody know if a shifter for an f22a1 manual would work for a cd5 accord with a f22b?

[deevergote]

I know people have used CD shifters in CBs, so I assume it would work just fine the other way around. If they're not identical, they're similar enough to be interchangeable. Trying it won't hurt, even if it doesn't work properly.

[Twest7740]

I know people have used CD shifters in CBs, so I assume it would work just fine the other way around. If they're not identical, they're similar enough to be interchangeable. Trying it won't hurt, even if it doesn't work properly.

Thanks My buddy drives a cd5 and i have a spare shifter lay around that im going to try selling him so he can make a short throw.

[deevergote]

why does he need a spare shifter for that?

[SilverFox]

why does he need a spare shifter for that?

Perhaps he wants to practice his technique and in case he messes up he has a back up...

[deevergote]

What technique is there to practice?

[SilverFox]

Well if he's turning it into a short throw then he's going to have to reposition the fulcrum meaning he's going to be fabricating it from the materials he has. So if he messes up by placing it too high or low too many times he wouldn't have a very structurally intact shifter now would he?

[HardInThePaint]

Well if he's turning it into a short throw then he's going to have to reposition the fulcrum meaning he's going to be fabricating it from the materials he has.

Well for one thing you don't have to do all that to make a short throw in the CB. There is no fabricating anything really, all you are doing is unbolting and repositioning the cables and using some other materials here and there. They actual make one (if you can find it) for CB's. But its not like a Teg or Civic short throw where you replace the entire post, the CB post doesn't have anything to do with it.

If you are talking about making a "short" shifter (one with a shorter post) then you still don't have to reposition anything. All you do is cut down the post, quite easy really. You don't even have to take much of anything apart.

[deevergote]

Cutting the lever itself does nothing at all.

An additional cable mounting point can be welded on without removing the original point. I have that exact thing in my car right now, in fact. I'm running on the stock point, as the shortened throw caused serious notchiness in my shifting. I nearly blew my engine when I couldn't tell the difference between 2nd and 4th when racing. Top of 3rd to 2nd gear should've bent valves. I got lucky. A number of people have done the same and weren't so fortunate.

A short shift adapter is much easier to use, and it accomplishes the same thing... with greater adjustability, in fact.

[HardInThePaint]

Cutting the lever itself does nothing at all.

It may not shorten your throw, but that hasn't stopped people from doing it. Mostly for cosmetic purposes I would assume.

[deevergote]

I wonder how many people cut the lever expecting it to shorten the throw...