Heads up to anyone replacing shifter bushings

[HawgRyder]

Mocha beat me to it! ... LOL
This is the method I used...so simple...no hammering...the big socket receives the pin.
When reassembling...you use the same sockets...just reverse the procedure.
I made my own bushings out of Delrin...with round holes...so smooth...so easy.
Bob

[Bucketlist]

Originally Posted by mochaSC

Hello,
I wanted to add another way to remove the coupler pin so that others may find bushing replacement easier. Using a socket that approximates the bushing diameter (~14mm) I was able to keep all of the pressure on the bushing, and not the housing. The other socket head was small enough to only place pressure on the pin itself. Slow pressure on the vise and it came out amazingly smooth. I hope this helps!

I have done this one time when I first got my car. I read a post here about using this method and it was a very easy job. I think having a large vise helps.

[malmos911]

I replaced the coupler but having a hard time adjusting the shaft. I am catching all 5 gears but 2 & 4 are not as smooth as the others. Which way would I adjust the shaft to make 2nd & 4th smoother?

[rattlsnak]

Originally Posted by dicklague

I have rebuilt them.....but the last time I put in a Wevo......MUCH MUCH better, and that is an understatement. The OEM design is embarrassing IMHO.

^^ This!! I cant believe anybody still has the OEM coupler in their cars!!

[bobolsn]

Just used Steve's method to remove the pin. It took 5 minutes, very easy. I was dreading hammering on it.

Thanks

Bob

[Jerome74911S]

I used the vice-as-press method shown above and didn't have a problem.

However, I bet I have adjusted the miserable coupling 100 times. The most microscopic change to the adjustment makes a difference to the shifting.

Can anyone explain why and how, exactly, the Wevo is a better engineered coupling? What about Stomski, etc.?

[Dirty911]

I used a similar approach, but used a C-clamp rather than a vise:

[bushle]

I have done 2 now using Ed's bushings (great product and they really firm things up) and the socket and vise as press method. I have a nice Wilton machinist's vise, but not everyone has a large enough one on their bench (or even a bench). The C-clamp method would be a good substitute, but if one doesn't feel comfortable with this operation, better to pay someone with a press than paying for a new coupler. Mine went as smoothly as can be. The coupler casting looks to be a pretty fragile piece, so one must be mindful and proceed with caution.

[Reiver]

I don't remember doing it and that equates to an easy job.

[Discseven]

Originally Posted by uwanna

Ah, how soon we forget about folks we haven't heard from in a while. Ed Mitchel, the celebrated "Coupler Whisperer" has this video on his website and in a thread on the forum. Follow his pin knock out procedure, and you'll never break one!


forum thread: The Coupler Whisperer

Excellent vid by Ed. TY Uwan.