Shifter Relay Shaft Bushing, low cost solution

[Cheesetoast]

i recently installed a tt short shifter with all new bushings, including one for the relay shaft, the round orange one.  My shifter is kind of sloppy and i found out it's because that bushign that comes with the tt set is not large enough, so it leaves a quater inch of play on either side in the engine bay.  I went to my local performance shop and got some "energy suspension" poly suspension bushings.  part 9.8126R 3/8" shock tower w/sm nipple.  

pull the old bushing off, complete with nylon core so u just have the metal shaft.   clean any grease from under the old bushing.  take one of the new red bushings and cut the lip off that's on one side with an exacto knife.  take a vice and press the new red bushings onto the shaft, with the one with the cut lip first, then the other, with the lip outwards.  lube up the outside and put er back in.  %100 better, fits with almost no play.

[lord_verminaard]

You're talking about the round orange bushing that the rod goes through, correct?  Sounds like a neat fix- got any pictures?  

Brendan
84 Scirocco 8v
00 Camaro L36 M49

[Cheesetoast]

with the new red ones, u don't need the old nylon core, they compress on.





as you can see, the red ones are a lot wider, resulting in a tighter fit.

[lord_verminaard]

Excellent.  Going to have to try that, I have the TT short shift kit, (waiting to be installed)  mine didnt even come with a new orange bushing.    Thanks for the pics!

Brendan
84 Scirocc 8v
00 Camaro L36 M49

[fspGTD]

Interesting solution.  Here is what I am running:
http://www.vwdiesel.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=27

I also first tried a new A2 orange bushing (they are available cheap, around $4 or so) but I found it to have too much slop around the A1 shifter rod.