Monochrome

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This is a how to for installing the BR underhood metal shifter bushings.



They're cheap yet very high quality. The improvements in shifting make them all the worthwhile.

To install these you need:

10mm deep socket
Needle nose pliers (large and small)
Some patience and a little muscle.
Drop light
Little bit of grease or antisieze (optional)

For starters, put the ebrake on and leave the shifter in the neutral position. Pop your hood and walk over to the drivers side of the car.

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The transmission linkages are located behind the battery.

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Loosen the 2 10mm nuts that hold the battery clamp on and remove it. They just hook into the tray.

Then pop off the red battery terminal cover (it just clips in place) and loosen the 10mm nuts which old the terminals tight. Remove the battery and set somewhere out of the way and NOT on concrete!

Here's what you're going to see with the battery out.

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If you take a peek down behind the battery tray this is what you'll see.

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I circled the small linkage bushing.

The large one is right next to it.

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Monochrome

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Grab your large and small needle nose pliers and remove the cotter pins which hold the bushing to the linkage. After your get the cotter pin off, there is also a washer that can be removed and discarded.

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Don't fret if you loose these cotter pins and Bushur gives you spares (thanks guys!)

After the pins and washers are removed, you can pull them off the linkage like so.

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Now for the fun part. The bushings will just push right out of the cable with a little bit of thumb muscle, but you can try pressing them out with the pliers or a screwdriver.

Here's the small one removed.

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Here's the large one removed.

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Monochrome

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So here's what we got.

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The C clips fit into the groove on one side of the bushing.

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(optional) Put a little bit of grease or antisize into the clamp groove of the bushing to make the clips slide easier and a little bit on the linkage to they'll be easier to remove should you need to pull the tranny at a later date.

Order of installation:

Start with the large bushing first!

Set the bushing into the linkage shaft
Slide the cable over the bushing
Insert the C clap
Insert the new cotter pin

Here's what it'll look like installed.

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Here's the small one installed.

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Now, before you reinstall the battery, go have a seat in the car and try shifting the gears for a bit. If you installed everything correctly, shifting should be smooth and they won't pop out.

If you're happy with the improvements, check out the shifter base bushings BR sells too!

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...g-install.html

ethan169

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Great write up! This should be a sticky!

Quick question. I know most people have trouble getting the bushings loose from the linkage cables themselves, but I seem to have the opposite problem. The cables come off of the bushings no problem but i cant get the bushings off of the transmission linkage. They are like seized on and I have tried everything. Basically used an entire can of PB power blaster on it too..

Any suggestions?

thanks!

-Ethan

JakeTheVIII

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Yea should be sticky. Nice how-to

Monochrome

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If the fuel lines weren't RIGHT THERE, I'd suggest heating it up...

Otherwise, you could try a vice grips and spinning it off.

EGbeater

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FYI, modern car batteries do NOT discharge any quicker on concrete than sitting on anything else:

http://www.carquest.com/partsBatteryFAQMyths.html#2

http://www.thebatteryterminal.com/Te...n_Concrete.htm

Chris77064

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Simple install to say the least but before I bought these I did not know what they looked like or have never installed bushings before. Wish this was around when I originally did mine. But to be honest it was a breeze.

MR. EVO MR

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good writeup

billsIXmr

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i did the ams under hood bushings i did it with out pulling every thing out the only thing i took out was the strut tower bar

EvoIan

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I had the same problem, I screamed and yelled and busted my knuckles on everything I could find under the hood but eventually it came out... I ended up having to undersize my bushings a bit. I think my cable was ovaled? It was tight going in and I figured it would make it, but I was wrong. Use caution putting these in.

Svendiesel

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Nice writeup!

millsyy17

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good write-up...i just bookmarked this for when my package comes in from BR
cant wait!

rayman0690

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So I have looked around and this is a very newbie question but what exactly is the advantage of having a metal shifter linkage bushing vs. a rubber one?

Essentially, how does this linkage work and why is a metal bushing better?

I have both the shifter linkage bushings and shifter base bushings from Buschur (lots of B's) in my possession. I have already installed the base bushings. I plan to install the linkage bushings soon. But can anyone explain that?

I've tried searching on here and on Google and so far it just says that it improves my shifting feel and tightens things up/makes it more crisp/more "rifle-bolt" like...

chaotichoax

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it firms up the shifter...the oem rubber ones have play in them

aftermarket metal ones are solid and have no play

they difference is noticeable just wiggling the shifter in the car

one of the best mods I've done to date