shifter bushings, larger bushings Options

[Tom]

After putting new bushings in the trans bracket for the shifter rod, I still had a lot of slop. Taking it apart and measuring found the following. New Bushings are 0.600 inside dia and 0.815 outside dia. My bracket hole for the bushing is 0.830 and my rod is 0.588. Made another bushing for the rod that is slightly larger. Will get back later to let all know how it turns out.
Also made a couple of bushings for the yoke at the fire wall. Press fit and hone to fit pin. This tightened up that area very well. I used a white delrin material to make the bushings out of as this material is supposed to be good for this type of application.







Later,
Tom

[Nürburg Nomad]

Okay well everything arrived in short order and I've got it all in hand!

The rear plastic cover came off with just a bit of PB Blaster penetrating oil which immediately loosened up all the gunk and aluminum oxidation securing it in place. Rear cone screw is removed but now I can't seem to get the dowel pin out?!?

As I lay underneath my 914 now typing this via phone; I attempted the trick noted elsewhere here to have someone quickly move the shifter forward into 2nd while holding the rear ball cup segment in place. Unfortunately since the bushings at the other dowel pin further up are 100% gone it applies no substantial force and would be more likely to damage the aluminum piece...

Unrelated but I also just noticed two segments of fuel line in bad need to replacment... And yes my neighbors are used to seeing me work on cars at this hour; they're usually quite a bit larger though and less German than the 914 over me at the moment.

So perhaps there's a tool or trick to removing the 2 dowel pins that I've missed? Time to get this 914 back on the road! : ) Thanks everyone!

[Dave_Darling]

So perhaps there's a tool or trick to removing the 2 dowel pins that I've missed?

What dowel pins? With a side-shifter, you just remove the cone screw and wiggle the shift rod head off of the rear shift rod. Then you can slide the rod out of the side shifter console to replace the castellated bushing, and pull the shift rod head off of the gear selector to replace the cup bushing. No dowel pin removal needed.

--DD