http://www.joe250.com/cars/evo/shiftlinkagebushings.htm

I installed a WORKS short throw and base bushings in about an hour. No problem at all. Then I moved on to the linkage bushing under the hood. I'm almost 2 hours into this and absolutely can't get an angle to remove the bushing. I'm frustrated and my back is spasming now. How the fack do you get the bushing out. Needle nose, flat head, nothing has worked for me so far!

 

it's a weird way u gotta do it because the angle it freakin horrible. I managed to use my fingernails and force it up somehow. I couldn't grab it with anything else and got so pissed i just jammed my damn fingernail on the pin and jus pried that sucker out. You''ll get it eventually.

 

wow 2 hours? it only took me 15 min......

 

Yeah I got them off finally. I used an exacto knife to cut the bushings then grabbed an edge with a needle nose. What a ***** of an install. It's the angle, not the bushings themselves. Having 40k miles on them probably didn't help either.

 

If you have bigger arms I would recommend folks remove the front strut tower bar too. It gave me an extra few inches of leverage.

 

what are those bushings made of? I got the solid brass ones and all I notice is the shifter isn't as "spongey".

 

Yikes.... uh, sorry no one told you this before, but you just stick a screw driver (or any rod that'll fit through the hole), and twist them out. Takes about 15 seconds. It's in the install instructions for the Zaklee bushings.