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 |
euro911 |
Dec 16 2018, 04:54 PM
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Retired & living the dream. God help me if I wake up! Group: Members Posts: 8,849 Joined: 2-December 06 From: So.Cal. & No.AZ (USA) Member No.: 7,300 Region Association: Southern California |
I also went with Chris Foley's (Tangering Racing) spherical firewall shift bushing, as I had no other good options. A previous owner had converted a 75 to a tail-shift transaxle (yep) with an early shift lever and rods, and riveted the early oval transfer console to the firewall.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/post-7300-1389499985.jpg) When I removed the console, I found the hole so buggered-up that I would have had to cut out a section of the firewall and repair it with a section from a late donor car. |
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