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• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:41:52 -0500
  ...problem is worn bushings. You can adjust for this . The adjustment is done by rotating the connection on the shift rod. This a tricky...
• Re: clunking from CV????
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 22:22:08 -0700
  ...and again when i shift to second .. > I am wondering now if it could be the shift rod... The bushings have > alot of play...
• Re: Shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:34:52 -0700
  ...This makes me rule out the possibility of > worn bushings or alignment of the shifter rods. What can it be? And how can > I...
• Simple but oh so effective maintenance task (lubricate shift linkage)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 19:26:33 -0700
  ...to lubricate all the shifting mechanism at the bottom of the stick, the end of the long shift rod, the bottom of the delrin...
• Re: Shifting problems -- pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Apr 2016 18:35:11 -0500
  ...I shortened up the shift rod by moving the > front > shift rod further into the splines in the rear shift rod, but that didn...
• Re: Was Got Shifter Bushings? Now Rear Shift Rod Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:45:26 -0600
  So which girls have you seen? Miguel I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. - Thomas A...
• Spring servicing...
  Historical mailing list - christian krahforst
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 14:32:53 +0000
  ...the one from MoFoCo.) I also installed the plastic bushings for the shift rod. I raised the front end. I greased everything. I repaired...
• Re: Shifter Rattle (Was: Re: shift lever adjustment)
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Fri, 16 Jul 1999 08:18:10 -8
  Excessive play in the shift linkage and bushings was carefully considered ruled out in both the '82 and '91 (actually replaced the front bushing...
• Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:25:17 -0700
  ...yeah, see page 34.2 .......in the lower left hand corner of the page it shows 'center shift rod bushing'. it's above the...
• 84 manual transmission - pops out of 4th
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:35:13 -0600
  ...I think the bushings around the shifting rod next to the transmission are worn out. No other noises, no hard shifting. Clutch, pilot bearing...
• Re: Shifting problem
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 07:15:25 -0700
  ...This makes me rule out the possibility of > worn bushings or alignment of the shifter rods. What can it be? And how can > I...
• Shifter Bushing Availability
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:22:32 -0800
  ...It will not shift into 1st and 2nd gear. At a minimum we need the two shift bushings, part number 251.711.207D. We...
• Re: Heat Shields
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:41:01 -0700
  ...grease and a straw - carefully push the straw between the bushing and shift rod and let loose. Of course, if the straw fits in...
• Re: Shift Shaft Replacement
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:37:00 -0800
  ...5 shows a Shift Rod > Bushing, location unknown. > Come on you guys, don't make me call Daryl! > Thanks in advance! > Miguel
• Re: Shifter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 13 May 2009 21:06:15 -0400
  ...I have used this kit to rebuild the Vanagon shifter many times. I also have some brand new shift levers with the bushings already...
• Re: Inner tie rods
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Fri, 21 Jan 2022 21:05:37 -0500
  ...Gonna update to urethane > >> bushing for the rack mount and do the inner and outer tie rods while > >> I’m at it and install...
• Making it shift like new
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 7 Oct 2014 15:50:21 -0500
  ...All this required that I take nothing apart in the length of the shift rod, so there was nothing to adjust when I got...
• Re: DK into diesel, WAS:Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:17:46 -0700
  On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks Mark - this was very helpful. �The tranny/engine...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:59:40 -0700
  ...I really don't mind folks posting about Terry Ks aftermarket shifter > bushings. If you think they are better and you want to pony...
• Questions about selector shaft seal replacemnet in a DU transmission
  Historical mailing list - Agent99
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 02:17:06 -0400
  ...My questions concern the shift shaft seal. Can the shift rod seal be replaced without disassembling the transmission? It appears in diagram 34-1308...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:43:19 -0700
  ...Seems this thread got hijacked several posts ago (no longer about shifter bushings, is it?), and should have been retitled. No, not bitching at...
• Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 22:28:17 -0500
  ...those flanges turning at 4 > different speeds. Shifter still a little stiff. Almost like a rod is > dragging, but I don't see anything...
• Re: poor shifting; Help
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:14:20 -0400
  ...Access the following critical points; shift gate directly below the shift lever, the two shift shaft bushings suporting the shift shaft to the rear...
• Re: Need help adjusting gear shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Wed, 6 Jun 2018 12:45:28 -0500
  ...error tweaking the splined, clamped joint in the middle of the shifter rod, just behind the gas tank. I now have reverse and four...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:01:46 -0500
  ...problem is worn bushings. You can adjust for this . The adjustment is done by rotating the connection on the shift rod. This a tricky...
• Re: Shifter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Thu, 14 May 2009 16:52:31 -0600
  ...I would repair > your shifter by rebuilding it with all new bushings. We have this as a kit > through our site if you need...
• Re: removing gas tank
  Historical mailing list - LKY
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:48:47 -0400
  ...I gotta replace my center shift rod bushing (gonna get rid of the squalking duck once and for all). Thanks! Christopher Darilek 81 Westfalia
• Re: Swap Entire '85 Shift Linkage into '81?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 2 Jan 2010 20:25:59 -0800
  ...com> wrote: ...... > I just looked at an 82 body - there the shift rod above the gas tank comes > out of that round hole above...
• Re: My 84 Westy Winter Project
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:21:00 -0500
  ...Shifter hard to find gears, replaced 3 bushings, shift > linkage ball to new billet receptor, replaced boots, Union and sandblasted > and treated shift rod...
• Re: 84 manual transmission - pops out of 4th
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:02:25 -0600
  ...I think the bushings around the shifting rod next to the transmission > are worn out. > > No other noises, no hard shifting. Clutch, pilot bearing...
• Re: tough shifting... pilot bearing?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Tue, 26 Feb 2002 21:09:51 -0500
  ...Check not just the connections and good lubrication, but check the bushings where the shift rod passes through the frame member. If you have...
• Shifter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Wed, 13 May 2009 17:30:12 -0600
  Hi All, Just for the record - after dismantling the bushings and ball joint assembly on the gear shifter, for some reason the whole assembly...
• Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:29:31 -0700
  ...Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing? >I think in my case OC means Obscene Cussin'. > > (too many swears going on under the van) > > ;^) > > > Thanks much...
• Re: ride harshness
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 09:53:12 -0500
  ...Even when these bushings are new they allow the rod to shift laterally in the mounting hole. This creates a knocking sound when small...
• Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:50:40 -0700
  ...Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing? On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Alan Felder <dieseldoofus@gmail.com> wrote: > I am helping a...
• Re: Help!! '67 transmission
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 16 Aug 1994 13:20:31 -0700 (PDT)
  ...If anyone knows what sort of gasket or bushing this There is a seal where the shift rod goes into the nosecode. Those are...
• Re: ..... Can't get first or second gear.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 14:09:57 -0700
  ...problem is worn bushings. You can adjust for this . The > adjustment is done by rotating the connection on the shift rod. This a > tricky...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 27 Feb 2006 - Special issue (#2006-167)
  Historical mailing list - Neal Barrentine
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:18:31 -0500
  ...Saturday I discovered the clamp connecting the shift rods together had come loose. I had replaced the nylon bushings last summer, and thought I...
• Re: '87 Vanagon GL: Oil leaks
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:24:32 -0500
  ...The pilot shaft from the transmission passes through this bushing and into the pilot bearing. This bushing does nothing but keep the felt pilot...
• Re: All the gears but second
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 22:09:08 -0600
  ...On the "ears" of the little fork at the front of the shift rod, I used T3Technique's delrin replacements, because my plastic tab...
• Re: Simple but oh so effective maintenance task (lubricate shift linkage)
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 9 Apr 2012 11:41:24 -0500
  ...to lubricate all the shifting mechanism > at the bottom of the stick, the end of the long shift rod, the bottom of > the delrin...
• Re: Was Got Shifter Bushings? Now Rear Shift Rod Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:31:15 -0500
  On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:45 PM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote: > So which girls have you seen? I was talking...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:02:57 -0700
  ...Got Shifter Bushings? Wow, check out this quote: "Van Cafe and GoWesty don't place ads here and they are more important to the...
• Re: 81 Vanagon 4 Speed 2WD Shaft Bearing Bushing
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Sun, 24 Sep 2023 09:01:24 -0400
  ...I’d be looking to see if the tank could be lowered > enough to get access to that shift rod bushing without disconnecting tubes...
• Re: Shifter Bushing Availability
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:54:35 -0500
  ...It will not shift into 1st and 2nd gear. At a minimum we need the two shift bushings, part number 251.711.207D. We...
• Shifter linkage advice sought (87 Westy Syncro)..
  Historical mailing list - thetrans
  Wed, 13 May 1998 18:05:35 -0400
  ...I got underneath, and checked the shifter lever in the transmission. The boot is separated from the rod, and a bit of oil is...
• Re: Recent Maintenance Accomplished
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Wed, 13 May 2009 15:23:29 -0600
  ...The shift rod end does not make contact with the reverse lock out strip or the 1st 2nd - 3rd 4th separator plates! Checking the...
• Re: 1990 Westy - do 3 transmissions have same problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:59:25 -0400
  ...info> wrote: > > Good chance that the shifting of location is part or all of the problem. > Shift rods are no longer going to line...
• Re: 1st Gear
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:20:29 -0600
  First.....check al the linkages from the gear shift back to the tranny. Be sure the couplings, bushings, etc. are not worn. If so...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:44:12 -0400
  ...about this statement is that neither of these vendors have the shifter bushings in question in stock. Makes you think don't it? Ken...
• Re: Need help adjusting gear shift linkage
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Tue, 5 Jun 2018 22:20:06 -0500
  ...I’m wondering if the problem has to do with the length of the shift rod, based on the exposed splines I’m seeing...
• Re: clunking from CV????
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 22:49:44 -0700
  ...and again when i shift to second .. >> I am wondering now if it could be the shift rod... The bushings have >> alot of play...
• Re: My 84 Westy Winter Project
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:01:48 +0000
  ...Shifter hard to find gears, replaced 3 bushings, shift > linkage ball to new billet receptor, replaced boots, Union and sandblasted > and treated shift rod...
• Re: Recent Maintenance Accomplished
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 May 2009 15:19:17 -0500
  ...Inside the cover box for the front end shifter rod assembly - there are two pieces that control where the end of the shifter rod...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:18:22 -0500
  ...folks know that we just >>> got some new OE VW shift shaft bushings in stock. These are $19 each. >>> They have been NLA here...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:25:37 -0500
  ...I really don't mind folks posting about Terry Ks aftermarket shifter >> bushings. If you think they are better and you want to pony...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:36:11 -0500
  ...I really don't mind folks posting about Terry Ks aftermarket shifter >> bushings. �If you think they are better and you want to pony...
• Re: Anyone have a copy of the Ultimate Trip Checklist?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:38:28 -0400
  ...Inspect (power steering) fluid level, belt, leaks, line condition, rack bushings, u-joint, tie rods, wheel bearings, alignment, operation. (manual) rack bushings, tie rods...
• Re: Shifting 5 speeds
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:32:59 -0700
  ...place would require a lot of different parts including the front > shift rod and the housing. Anyone have all those bits laying around?;) > > Next...
• Re: Got Shifter Bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:14:24 -0700
  ...I really don't mind folks posting about Terry Ks aftermarket shifter > bushings. If you think they are better and you want to pony...