Is this normal for a 5 speed?

[Natty]

I just test drove my first 240sx (s13 fastback) which was a 5 speed. It was also the first time I had ever driven a 5 speed. Well, when I started it up and the car was idle, the shifter was in neutral and it was vibrating around quite a bit, almost like it was loose. Now the car has 150,000 miles on it. Do all 5 speed cars do this or was this just a really beat up 5 speed?
Thanks!
Natty

[wherezmytofu]

was it just the knobe?....it could've been that the shifter assembly was loose...thats easy to fix....just like adding a new shifter but all you do is tighten the bolts <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'>

[Natty]

It was the actual &quot;stick,&quot; so the knob vibrates because it is attached to the stick.

I may pass this car up too. Besides the fact that the dealer wants way way way too much: the car has rsut on the spoiler so it is leaking the hatch, there were a few interior squeaks, a faint cigarette smell, minor backfiring, and then the shifter.
Jeff

[AceInHole]

It's probably just the shifter bushing. &nbsp;You can pretty much expect it.

[rancid240]

Mine moves around like fucking crazy in fifth sometimes? is it just a worn out bushing? will putting in a short shifter help? (#### the throws are long anyways)

Could be the tension spring if the stick wobbles around
as much as mine did. &nbsp;You will need to take off the exhaust heat shield to get to it. &nbsp;If not its probably just
old bushes.

[bing]

it has to do with the tranny being rear wheel drive, or some thing like that, i asked a few buddies of mine when i first got it because it was a concern of mine, but they all do it, so dont worry...