Shifting

[Peter Burrowes]

My 1986, 944 has vey vauge shifting paterns, does it need new bushings in the shifter or tranny?

[mytrplseven]

Sounds like the bushings and bottom ball pivot (nylon) on the shifter itself. The Tranny mechanisms are out in the elements and even though mine were weathered, when I put the tranny back in (my shifter bushings and ball were tight) I still had a positive shifter.

[ernie9944]

Originally Posted by mytrplseven

Sounds like the bushings and bottom ball pivot (nylon) on the shifter itself. The Tranny mechanisms are out in the elements and even though mine were weathered, when I put the tranny back in (my shifter bushings and ball were tight) I still had a positive shifter.

__+1 on the bushing & lever

Originally Posted by Peter Burrowes

My 1986, 944 has vey vauge shifting paterns, does it need new bushings in the shifter or tranny?

Peter__ First welcome to Pelican, I usually recommend buying parts from our host Pelican but since your in Canada maybe you should try this place ,very reliable & good shipping service plus no custom hassle enter car description & scroll down to "transmisssion & transaxle manual" your looking for part #OES 1640738 which is the bushing & OEA 1618551 the shifter lever.GL solving your problem.---- autopartway.com

[Peter Burrowes]

WOW, thank you both so much!!! Appreciated

[ernie9944]

Originally Posted by Peter Burrowes

WOW, thank you both so much!!! Appreciated

For all your car maintenance (including changing the bushing/shifter arm) this will be the garage you'll spend time in from now on Clark's Garage Home Page once on site enter "Garage Shop Manual" for your shifter enter letter T scroll down to (checking repairing &replacing shifter lever & shift linkage,pics are include in the DIY.

[968 GUY]

Also make sure the set screw is tight on the trans. end of the shift mechanism.

[Slam]

Cheap and easy fix: make sure the 2 bolts holding the shifter mount on the torque tube are tight. This plate holds the ball cup and if those bolts aren't tight your ball wont stay put...heh...

Just pull back the shift boot and the insulation and have a quick look.

[Cocacolakidd]

Most of the time it is the lower nylon cup bushing at the base of the shift lever, and along with that there is a stud of types that juts off of the shift lever, and to that is attached the shift rod coming from the back. One can notice when this stud/attachment arm is worn and rounded and causes sloppiness in the shifting. Also check the inside of the cylinder attachment at the end of the shift rod. If this part is all wallowed out on the inside where it attaches over the stud of the shifter lever the slop in the shifting will be greater.

One can replace the lower ball cup bushing and the shift lever fairly easily. The shift rod that is attached to the shift lever is a little harder to replace.

See also: Porsche 944 Shifter with bearings to fix the extra play while shifting A fellow Pelican member has designed this modification system to rebuild the shifter problems.

[Peter Burrowes]

Thanks to all for the advice, I ended up getting a new shifter from 944 ONLY and could not be happier, easy to install and it works like it should!