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[peasoup]

Here: https://www.jackstra...racket-bushings

 

Have somebody wiggle the shifter in your car, and watch that area for slop.

 

Is it worth doing a group buy on these? They are USD$14 and they quoted $38 for postage, so that would end up being around $AUD65. Surely they couldn't charge much more for a bunch of them in one parcel.

 

I may buy these anyway as I currently have a box full of neutrals, its disgraceful when comparing to a modern box/shifter.

[EvoOne]

I'd be keen. Put me down for two sets

[ENGINR]

Bringing an old thread back from the dead.  I ended up getting two pairs of these brass shifter bushes and THEY ARE NOT A DROP IN REPLACEMENT!!

 

They do not fit over either of the pivot shafts for the shifter assembly - the fore/aft or cross-car pivots.

 

We needed to open the internal diameter of the bushes up on a lathe, using fine emery paper on a bolt and then we had to turn down the outer diameter of the bush AND reduce the thickness of the contact flanges.

 

I found we needed to fine tune and adjust the bushes and use a liberal amount of white lithium grease to get the shifter moving freely and not feeling like it was 'dragging'.

 

A word of warning to anybody buying these and then hoping/expecting that they can be swapped in over 5min.

Edited by ENGINR, 27 September 2018 - 07:25 AM.

[EvoOne]

So the little plastic bushings in my 1 shifter mechanism are worn and I was about to order another set.

 

Given the above, is there a metal set available?

[Cranked]

Someone get me specs and I can get the machinist at work to knock out a few.

[EvoOne]

Someone get me specs and I can get the machinist at work to knock out a few.

That would be awesome. 

 

You don't have any in your gear lever?

[Cranked]

Wait are we wanting base bushes or shifter bushes?

[evo-gsr]

Any bush would be just fine by me.....

[EvoOne]

Wait are we wanting base bushes or shifter bushes?

The ones in the shifter - ie the little plastic circular ones. 

 

Would be great if there was a solid option.

[Cranked]

Yeah OK but I think the op was about base bushes. Yes I I should pull my shifter and get some measurements. I can get em drawn up in CAD and hit the cnc for both. I have a week off for exams. Come new year I should be able to get them sorted.

[Cranked]

Stainless most likely as it is the most commonly used stock.

[EvoOne]

Yeah OK but I think the op was about base bushes. Yes I I should pull my shifter and get some measurements. I can get em drawn up in CAD and hit the cnc for both. I have a week off for exams. Come new year I should be able to get them sorted.

Thanks mate. Just ordered some plastic ones, but would be happy to get two sets of the metal ones once you're ready.

[EvoOne]

Yeah OK but I think the op was about base bushes. Yes I I should pull my shifter and get some measurements. I can get em drawn up in CAD and hit the cnc for both. I have a week off for exams. Come new year I should be able to get them sorted.

Plastic ones have arrived. Let me know if you need any measurements.