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newwaver
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 Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:15 am Post subject: shifter bush on 56? |
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| Hi does anybody know if there is a bush for the shifter rod to slide thruogh? i know later cars have them. cheers |
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djkeev
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RareAir
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:55 am Post subject: |
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Pre '60 shift guide bracket, no plastic bushing
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gimmesomeshelter
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| Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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Hello-
I just replaced my early shifter bracket with a later model. I wasn't sure it would be worth the effort, but in the end, I'm very glad I did it. I can finally downshift!
Thanks,
Paul
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Sunroof53
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gybemaster
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| So, if you have the older style there was nothing there at all? Just the bracket. Mines the original I think as where the bush goes on the newer ones its flat but mine has the bell entry like the one in the picture from what I can feel in the tunnel. Can the brackets becomes worn just from the shift road passing through it and then subsequently need replacing or is there a way to repair a slightly widened hole? |
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RichOakley
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| gybemaster wrote: |
| So, if you have the older style there was nothing there at all? Just the bracket. Mines the original I think as where the bush goes on the newer ones its flat but mine has the bell entry like the one in the picture from what I can feel in the tunnel. Can the brackets becomes worn just from the shift road passing through it and then subsequently need replacing or is there a way to repair a slightly widened hole? |
This is a good question.
Should there be any play at all in the rod passing through the bracket or should it be a really tight fit?
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lovethatconvertible
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 1:46 pm Post subject: '56 Shift Rod Bushing |
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| djkeev wrote: |
Hi,
This is one of those often asked questions.
No bushing until 1960 |
Pretty sure it was June of 1960, so the Earlier '60 Beetles didn't have one either.
I know my January '60 doesn't have one.
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