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Hi, I recently ran into the same problem I can not get the bushing on. Is there a trick? Tried using huge Chanel locks won't grab on far enough to put even pressure on the bushing. Then vice grips but, can't get an even grip on those either. Any help would be great!
QUOTE=culpthm1;17558645]Hello all - looking for the correct grommet or bushing to connect the shift rod coming down from the steering column to the linkage on my C6 transmission. You can see the 1/2" hole in the shift linkage it needs to connect into. I tried purchasing a grommet that looks exactly like the one that broke from Advanced Auto Parts but it is made of hard plastic and there is no way to press the rod in. The inner lip that is to fit in the groove in the rod has a smaller diameter than the rod (3/8"). Thanks in advance for your help.
+1971 Ford F250 Camper Special
+3 speed auto transmission
+Engine - 390
Hi, I recently ran into the same problem I can not get the bushing on. Is there a trick? Tried using huge Chanel locks won't grab on far enough to put even pressure on the bushing. Then vice grips but, can't get an even grip on those either. Any help would be great!
QUOTE=culpthm1;17558645]Hello all - looking for the correct grommet or bushing to connect the shift rod coming down from the steering column to the linkage on my C6 transmission. You can see the 1/2" hole in the shift linkage it needs to connect into. I tried purchasing a grommet that looks exactly like the one that broke from Advanced Auto Parts but it is made of hard plastic and there is no way to press the rod in. The inner lip that is to fit in the groove in the rod has a smaller diameter than the rod (3/8"). Thanks in advance for your help.
+1971 Ford F250 Camper Special
+3 speed auto transmission
+Engine - 390
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I can’t remember how I got it to pop in. Just be sure your grommet is the nylon version. I first tried a cheap plastic on from local auto shop. Impossible to get the plastic ones on. When I switched to the nylon version it took a little force but wasn’t anything extreme.
Thanks all for the help. I’m back on the road. Me happy. Nylon did the trick.
So I am trying to figure out, what does that other lever go to? I have a lever on mine that looks exactly like that but I can't seem to figure out what it attaches to.
That didn't look like a genuine Ford bushing. The Ford ones had a ridge on it's inside that would fit in the rod's groove locking the rod in. Making pushing it all the way through unnecessary.
EOSZ-7341-B (replaced C3AZ-7341-A; C7SZ-7341-D; C8OZ-7341-A; C9TZ-7341-A and etc) .. Nylon Selector Lever Bushing / Available from Ford
This nylon bushing 'snaps' into the selector lever.
1968/91 F100/350 A/T / Misc: 1963/79 FoMoCo Passenger Cars; 1980/88 Thunderbird/Cougar; 1980/91 Crown Vic/Grand Marquis/Town Car and etc etc etc!
One TN source: AUTO NATION FORD in Memphis TN has 3 = 866-219-5755.
That is the same part(eosz-7341-b) as listed above. It does have the ridge on the inside of the insulator and is snapped into place. At the time, I only put a clip on it because I seen the groove, and I just happened to have one that size.
10-22-2021, 05:36 AM
