Shift bushing

[billd]

Does anyone have any tricks for getting the shift rod bushing (the one in the tunnel behind the shifter) into the bracket that it fits in. The part has a 3mm lip and there doesn't seem to be any graceful way of getting the 36mm diameter lip into the 30mm hole in the bracket. (This is on a '69 911)

Also, our host sold me part number 914-424-224-00 for the bushing while my PET shows 901-424-224-00. Is there any difference?

[84toy]

Put it in some hot water for awhile to make it soft. It will go......

[Fishcop]

Warm it up, put a little grease around the rim and it'll pop right in...

[jim72911t]

I used hot water, grease, and a bench vise. Went right in.

edit: I'm talking about the shift bushing! Jeeeze...................

Good luck,
Jim

[billd]

Thanks guys, I managed to get it in - mangled it a bit in the process, but it went over the shaft and seems to work OK. The shifting is much tighter now. The old one had completely disintegrated so the shaft was just riding in the bracket with no bushing.

[ruf-porsche]

Originally posted by jim72911t
I used hot water, grease, and a bench vise. Went right in.

edit: I'm talking about the shift bushing! Jeeeze...................

Good luck,
Jim

We thought that was what you were talking about, why the edit?

LOL

Originally posted by billd
Also, our host sold me part number 914-424-224-00 for the bushing while my PET shows 901-424-224-00. Is there any difference?

Yeah the price, you brought a 914 parts which everyone on this board knows is cheaper than a 911 part.

LMAO

[RickM]

Here's how I did mine: How the heck do you "snap back in" the new shift rod bushing???

[randywebb]

I thought the 914 part was round, not oval (?)

[NE Ohio 911]

After reading these posts, I decided to try my floor jack. I placed the l-bracket with the bushing on the jack and jacked it up to the bottom of my work bench which is bolted in to a concrete wall.

Bushing went right in, no busted knuclkes or mangled fingers. Hopefully this might help the next guy who does not have a press handy.

[village idiot]

here's a diagram of how I did mine:

[Won]

Originally posted by cegerer
Just cut it longitudinally with a hack saw! The material you remove will reduce the effective diameter slightly and it will slide right in. Might sound crazy, but it makes no difference whatsoever as to the functionality of the bushing. This isn't an engine rod bearing afterall, it's just the shift rod moving slowly back and forth through there. The cut is in the same direction as the rod travel so there really isn't any problems.

[randywebb]

I just cannot understand why Porsche didn't engineer some sort of ball bearing device, say with titanium balls to save weight. Or maybe starting with aluminum balls in the 1960s; then switching to magnesium later to save even more weight.... and finally switching back to Al again 'cuz the Mg wasn't strong enough....