sloppy shifter.
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i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
cool, i do not have one of them in the shifter. i will call and order one tomorrow.
how does it go in? do i have to take the column back apart, or does it just clip over the shift lever?
made in mehicko was sold to made in chiner around 5-6 years ago
made in USA was sold to made in mehicko around 15 years ago
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The shift lever pin will have to come out to install, nothing else, In fact do not lubricate the outside of the rubber part. I wish I would have glued it to the shift tube, it wants to keep slipping out . however it is so much better than not having it. I finally kind of learned how to post pictures. A picture is worth a thousand words!! Edit. I shouldn't say slipping out, I should have said it doesn't stay completely seated where I think it should be. It won't fall out, the pin holds it in.
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i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
and it is now all betterer!
thanks sgarder, the damper did the trick.
after i took it all apart again, i saw the stock damper that came with the shift tube deteriorated and fell apart.
so i took the rubber out of it, bent the tab a bit, and installed the new damper with the metal trim from the old one. this made the shifter a tight fit, but took up the play from the oblonged drift pin hole.
it is now tighter than a clams shell with a shucking knife against it.
thanks sgarder, the damper did the trick.
after i took it all apart again, i saw the stock damper that came with the shift tube deteriorated and fell apart.
so i took the rubber out of it, bent the tab a bit, and installed the new damper with the metal trim from the old one. this made the shifter a tight fit, but took up the play from the oblonged drift pin hole.
it is now tighter than a clams shell with a shucking knife against it.
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and it is now all betterer!
thanks sgarder, the damper did the trick.
after i took it all apart again, i saw the stock damper that came with the shift tube deteriorated and fell apart.
so i took the rubber out of it, bent the tab a bit, and installed the new damper with the metal trim from the old one. this made the shifter a tight fit, but took up the play from the oblonged drift pin hole.
it is now tighter than a clams shell with a shucking knife against it.
thanks sgarder, the damper did the trick.
after i took it all apart again, i saw the stock damper that came with the shift tube deteriorated and fell apart.
so i took the rubber out of it, bent the tab a bit, and installed the new damper with the metal trim from the old one. this made the shifter a tight fit, but took up the play from the oblonged drift pin hole.
it is now tighter than a clams shell with a shucking knife against it.
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i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
same here.
and the reason i did not see the deteriorated damper was the guys at the body shop packed the shifter with graphite grease when they put it in.
i always told my guys that i would rather they wasted an extra 25 cents worth of grease so whatever they were fixing did not come back wore out in a few years. so naturally, everything was covered with 5 times more grease than was needed for the job. .
and the reason i did not see the deteriorated damper was the guys at the body shop packed the shifter with graphite grease when they put it in.
i always told my guys that i would rather they wasted an extra 25 cents worth of grease so whatever they were fixing did not come back wore out in a few years. so naturally, everything was covered with 5 times more grease than was needed for the job. .
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