Inserting Nylon Shifter Bushing, Cannot get it into the Firewall |
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Inserting Nylon Shifter Bushing, Cannot get it into the Firewall |
ctc911ctc |
Dec 14 2018, 05:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 893 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States |
Hi,
OK, after 3 hours of trying I gave up for today. '74 2.0, shifter was loose, hitting R on the 1-2 shift. All of the bushings were shot, bought new ones from 914R, they looked super sturdy, very hard Nylon. Started with the one up front, Firewall bushing. Could not get it into the car. Started by heating them in boiling water. Tried pushing them in with: large screw driver Larger Screw Driver Socket (big) Long Pipe the OD being the size of the busing Pipe and a Hammer Pipe and a Bigger Hammer Boiled it each time to hopefully soften it up a bit. Good news is the bushing is still in good shape, man is that things strong. Any hints? Have a call into 914R, trying to get a jump on this with this post so I can drive the car this weekend! Thanks! CTC911CTC |
Tdskip |
Dec 16 2018, 08:04 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,686 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
Glad you got it sorted, and very common thing to get tripped up on.
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ctc911ctc |
Dec 16 2018, 12:35 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 893 Joined: 9-June 18 From: boston Member No.: 22,206 Region Association: North East States |
Glad you got it sorted, and very common thing to get tripped up on. UPDATE II woke up, jumped into my greasy clothes and went to re-install the shift linkage. OK,,,,,,,,easy,,,,, push the shift rod back into the bushing......HHHHmmmm, a bit tight, put some grease on everything and pushed again and THE BUSHING POPPED OUT! Well, I took a look at the bushing and two of the 6 compression fingers were a bit deformed. Most likely from my using the brute force hammer technique. I took a look at other vendors but i believe that the 914R guys have a good solution. I will post a how-to as to this particular bushing when i get the new one (I ordered 2, but you knew that) and use my method of sure-fire installation honed after 6+ hours of working this problem..... By the way, everything takes me 2-3X longer, no lift just short jack stands.....sigh. CTC911CTC Long on Knowledge, very short on experience. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) |
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