Just replaced my clutch myself, went bad at 114000kms, you cant believe how dry everthing was, no grease on the shaft, release bearing, fork or pivot, just a dry congealed hard residue. The shifter itself was just as bad, the only thing that looked like grease was right in the bottom pivot thing and not much there either! The car has always been serviced by Honda, obviously these items are not included in the service!

You cant believe how easy it is to shift again, its weird how you can get used to something thats not right

FYI, Competition Clutch stage 2 and lighter flywheel, yes I did use high temp Urea grease, and sparingly on the shaft.

 

My car has a stiff shifter. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the mechanical linkage and not the synchros because it it's pretty stiff when i run through the gears while the engine is not running.

I've already regreased the shifter. Is there anything else I can do?

 

How many miles/kms you done? Do a search there are some threads that describe how you can get some high temperature grease on to the release bearing, fork etc using a bit of coat hangar wire thru the hole where the fork goes, after removing the boot that is. If that does not improve things then maybe change tranny oil, there are threads on that too.

But you say its stiff when engine is not running, not sure about that

 

I think its really a matter of getting into the clutch and transmission and putting enough grease on things. It seems that the cars don't have enough from the factory to last, and that's why shifting gets notchy over time. If you have a notchy character when the car is off, its a sign of a dried out system.

 

Greasing the shifter would improve smoother shifting but I don't understand how greasing the release fork would improve shifting. I'm not saying it doesn't but can someone explain to me. My shifting is very rough and sometimes after hard driving, it is hard to shift into first or reverse from netural. I heard the lubing the shifter would fix some of the problem?

 

i don't think lubing the clutch release fork would make any difference in shifter feel. it could improve clutch pedal feel though.

 

I think I read somewhere that lubing up the release fork is to solve a sticky pedal ??

 

Sounds like you need to flush out your old clutch fluid and rebleed the slave with fresh fluid. Also check that the clutch master cylinder is not leaking under the dash.