Ever since ive owned my S when I hold the shifter in neutral at a light or somthing I can twist it and it will twist ever so slightly side to side its more of a notchy feeling. Mine is an 03 with 50k.

 

HUH?!?!?! twist the shifter? you know the shift knob twists off. it could be the lock nut just slightly moving.

 

No its tight. The whole shifter moves just a bit though like barely

 

Mine does the same, 05 with 37k miles.

 

Im going to gently twist my shifter now

Edit: It moves like .5 of a millimeter.. MY01 with 95k

 

Yeah id say .5mm

 

Yeah that is normal.

 

Agreed Normal-play between the collar and the shift shaft.

Utah

 

The white bushing on the end can get worn out, or crack if you haven't kept up with regressing the shifter. I paid $4 or something for the bushing that you can see in this picture, simply pry/take it off if it's cracked and replace it with a new one.

 

The reason I brought this up is I had a buddy with a 95 civic with lots o miles and he had no play in his? I did figure this was normal however, its not excessive or anything thanks guys