My Porsche pro finished the job in 1-1/2 hours with no issues. Here are the old parts. The shift rod bushing is what failed on mine. The plastic circular piece has broken off of the shift rod bushing. The ball socket bushing was cracked and needed to be replaced. The rubber o-rings were in fine shape, but were replaced with new o-rings that came in the Pelican Parts G50 Bushing Kit. My '88 Carrera's G50 shifts tighter than ever now!
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Originally Posted by megerian
Draco, I also removed the entire assembly. Getting the assembly back in, and having the shift rod go back into the no.12 bushing was (in my case) pretty tough.
I personally would like to watch the "2-hour job" being done by a pro, to see if there is a trick that I missed.
I had to work the assembly back into the tunnel at an angle with the rear pointing down, then reach back and manually force the shift rod backwards a few mm by reaching through the access panel, then simultaneously pull up on forward portion of the shift rod using a piece of rope that was looped under it. I read a few other threads that stated similar difficulties, so I didn't feel like I was the only one!
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