Need quick help!! how to get shift rod bushing on?!??!?

[biosurfer1]

i'm right in the middle of replaceing the shift bushings and i cant get the new shift rod bushing on. is there some trick??? i've tried everything i can thnk of and it doesnt budge. waynes book is useless since all it says is "install new bushing". i need a fast answer...


thanks everyone

[DonMo]

A little white lithium grease and pressure. I put just small amount, then put the flat part of the bushing on a piece of wood and pushed down. It will then slide right in the cup.

[doozer]

Which bushing the one in the support just below the shifter or the "ball and cup" one?

[biosurfer1]

i've tried that, the bushing is still too stiff, i put tons of the lithium grease on it, and still nothing, any other ideas?

[Zeke]

Is it the cupped one? That's a bear. Heat it in hot, hot water before attempting to put it over the ball with some grease.

Oh, shoot, that's on a 914.

Is it the pair in the coupler? Or in the tunnel.

[biosurfer1]

no no, its not the two in the coupler or the end ball, the circular one that is hed on the rod by the bracket, i cant find a picture or i'd show you...

[doozer]

#1 or #2

#1



#2

[doozer]

I used a vice to grab it on one side and a c-clamp to tighten the other side until it popped it.

[biosurfer1]

this one...
bad picture i know...

[biosurfer1]

#2

[doozer]

Ahhh yes #2

It is a pain but I did it by clamping it in, I guess you could do it with vicegrips as well..

Good luck!

[biosurfer1]

well, i dont know how the rest of you did these stupid bushings so easily but mine has been a pain in the ass, i boil it, stomped on it, used vice grips and a vice and half a bottle of lithium grease and i finally got it on, just to realize that it still doesnt fit right and it now too deformed to use, i dont know if pelican sent the wrong bushing or my bracket was messed up, but now i have to buy both again. waynes book wasnt much help since it assumes everything is going smooth. i really wish i never had started this...

[doozer]

Dont give up! it will look deformed until you take the time to pry out the leading edge so it snaps into place!

[doozer]

The metal ring of the bracket has to be fully seated into the groove of the bushing.

This may require a small screwdriver to do a little orying to get the leading edge re-expanded and beyond the toothed edge of the metal bracket.

Make sure it is totally seated properly or it will look like it is screwed up!

[biosurfer1]

its is in place, and there was no snap to it, and its still deformed, and sooooooo tight in there. i think my bracket may have been bent in or something, cause i really dont think this is how hard it should have been, all the posts i've seen say people had to apply pressure to get it in, but i had it in a vice and had to really push it to get where it is now and it doesnt come close to fitting back over the rod...

[doozer]

Can you post a photo?

[biosurfer1]

sure, gimme a few minutes though

[doozer]

I have done a bunch of these and it is never easy but it is never hard enough to dammage parts. do you think your bracket may be out of round for some reason?

[biosurfer1]

it doesnt "look" out of round, but i'll measure it once i get the bushing out...the pictures arnt that great, but let me know what you think...

[doozer]

Biosurfer1 - I have to leave the office but I will try to check back on this thread..

Thanks
Todd