Shift bushings replacement 911sc

[FinallyGotOne]

Hey everyone,
I just received my shift bushing set and plan on tackling this tomorrow. The coupling seems pretty straight forward but the bushings in the shifter does not. I just was hoping somebody has done the 79 911 sc gear shifter bushings because it seems pretty complicated. I tried searching online and cannot really find anything for my year. Any advice particular to my car would be greatly appreciated. I just do not want to start taking the thing apart and have some spring fly out to never be found again :-(
-thanks!

[mmari270]

it's pretty easy, did mine on my 86 carrera, easy, time consuming though, could have even 15 minutes, turned into an hour, no worries though, my therapy

[Scott R]

The bushings in the coupler; be very, very, gentle removing the old ones. It's extremely easy to crack the coupler removing these.

[kshafer1]

Did all the bushings in my 79sc a month ago and found no surprises. I followed this guide:

Shift Coupler & shift lever bushings replacement tutorial made easy-step-by- step

[ivangene]

I have done several 100 of these and can tell you - do not hold onto the aluminum...do not support or hammer against the aluminum

you can simply grab the steel shaft in a vise and drive the center pin out with a large drift and a BFH

it will come right out

the bushings pop right out and then clean everything up - if using stock replacement there is no need to check for burrs or dings, the rubber will conform to those

new parts in, and hold onto the steel haft in the vise and drive the pin right in till its flush with the top of the bushing

I can do these in under 5 minutes with 3 stops for beer sippin' Pretty darn simple

Search youtube for 915 101 coupler bushings (or something like that and see my long winded tutorial) - in reality it cover WAY more than you will need (9 minute video)

need anything, just email me at my ID @msn.com and I would be happy to offer as much help as needed

[ivangene]

Porsche® 911 915 coupler bushing replacement / repair 101 - YouTube

[FinallyGotOne]

Everything seemed to go quite smooth. Got it all back together and the thing will just not move hardly without major force. ?? I replaced all the bushing. I am not sure what is going on? It seriously is not driveable and neutral is quite hard to find. Also, the coupler is quite tight now so tight that it only moves with some force. I took that out and just shiftd the gear shifter and it is very hard to shift. Like it takes real effort just to move the shifter around even though it is disconnected. There is a aluminum block on my short shifter that has two allen bolts maybe I tightened those too tight, I'll try to undo that a little bit.

[DRACO A5OG]

On my 3.2 I had a thin 24MM nut that tensions, could that be it?

[FinallyGotOne]

huh, so it was those two allen bolts on the shifter thati had to loosen. Once I did it shifted much easier. Then it was a bit of a PIA to adjust and line up the coupler in the tunnel. I kept not being able to find reverse once I tightened up the coupler. Then I could find reverse but no 1st gear. I used the methods on here to adjust it but it was just tough to get it lined up. Alls OK now I took it for a spin around the city and all is good. 3 hours total time.

[FinallyGotOne]

Well What the F***!? I put the center console back now and went to drive the 911 out around but I could not get it into reverse now. i did tighten those two allen bolts up a couple more turns but that was all i did. could that be the reason? Remember last night we drove around town and it was fine. now it's not. please help me real quick.

[FinallyGotOne]

Thanks to Ivangene!!

so heres the deal. This is a total noob move. When I put the gear shifter back, the spacer block fell off and I did not know. So when I tightened it all up it was bottoming out the ball. It worked, but it was very stiff. And though I was able to find reverse twice, I could no longer get reverse the next morning.

Ivangene took some time and helped me out. Last night I pulled it apart found the spacer in the tunnel, added it back to the equation and the car shifts like a brand new car. I am completely amazed. The thing is SO freaking easy to drive now. I've had this car for 6 years and the bushings have been worn the whole time. My car has NEVER felt so good to drive.
Cannot believe how much of a difference $30 and a few hours of my time can make.

[ivangene]

AWESOME!!!

yes, we had a few emails to narrow down the issue and he was very good at describing what was done and what he was seeing - together we figured it out the Welty SSK was jammed against the floor and the spacer had to be put back where it was missing from - easy once you know what's wrong but it took us a while.....

great to hear you got it fixed!!

[NoYouRelax]

Ok so I am buying the Ed coupler as I am looking for smoother shifting. I inspected my coupler this weekend since the seats were out, and noticed side to side play of about 1/32" between the bushing and the pin. Is this much play typical at 70k miles. I figure its due for a coupler and other shifter hardware to improve the joy of P driving.

[ivangene]

yes typical at BEST

they are made with slop and wear from there

i will let others explain what they have found to be a better alternative

[FinallyGotOne]

My only advice is advice that I myself did not heed. and it cost me a bit more time. Put the car in 1st gear. Take a pic of the coupler assembly and Mark with a fine red ti[p sharpie where the coupler is on the spline. and where the coupler lines up with the fastener opposite of it. Can't believe I did not do that. It took me a good hour of going back and forth with it until I had the coupler on the spline the correct depth. Duhh. live and learn. I am so happy with it now though, It makes a massive difference.

[Reiver]

mark the coupler slot with a spring loaded punch...it is there forever.
Added note, if you have added a later model shifter...i.e. seine system with a spring load on both sides then hold the shifter a tad farther to the left (against the spring load) in first gear as you tighten the coupler...that'll keep you from nicking gears.

[FIG]

Used your Youtube coupler tutorial ivangene,

THANKS!!!!! 15MINS, job's done.

Took a bit to get adjusted (few trips around the block, seems ok up & down the gears)

Thanks again!

[ivangene]

Awe man, That's cool!

I know the video covers WAY more than it needs to and most of these are pretty straight forward - but it also covers some of the problems that prevent a good re-assembly and or a really disastrous disassembly

WTG !!

[timc]

Originally Posted by FinallyGotOne

Thanks to Ivangene!!

so heres the deal. This is a total noob move. When I put the gear shifter back, the spacer block fell off and I did not know. So when I tightened it all up it was bottoming out the ball. It worked, but it was very stiff. And though I was able to find reverse twice, I could no longer get reverse the next morning.

Ivangene took some time and helped me out. Last night I pulled it apart found the spacer in the tunnel, added it back to the equation and the car shifts like a brand new car. I am completely amazed. The thing is SO freaking easy to drive now. I've had this car for 6 years and the bushings have been worn the whole time. My car has NEVER felt so good to drive.
Cannot believe how much of a difference $30 and a few hours of my time can make.

I realize this is on older thread, but I replaced the two shifter bushings in my 86 930, and of course similar problem to the above, as I was tightening the two 6mm Allen bolts, I could feel something not right, as it was pulling the Shift Bearing Bracket up at an angle due to no spacer, so I had to loosen the two 6mm Allen bolts at the rear base of the shifter to release the binding in the Shift Bearing Bracket bushing. I can see where the Allen bolts are pulling the bracket up at an angle to create the binding, but I do not see a spacer, and cannot find where it fell into the tunnel.

Does anyone have a picture of this spacer? I am guessing the thickness is the same as the upper tunnel sheet metal to take up the space, so I could prob use to washers if I had too....



EDIT: Bracket was previously installed incorrectly, bracket goes between shifter and floor, not under floor. No spacer required. No wonder bolts were loose when I removed....previous owner/shop loosened bolts to remove binding.

Tim