Unobtainium Supplies: Delrin Shift Bushings

Cool. I want some. Do you take paypal?

Aaron

 

Same Here

Jeff

 

Hi Verell,

you got mail

 

No, he's got 2 mails...

JIM

 

When does Verell find the time to make all these cool NLA products??

 

Making NLA stuff, helping locals with their 3x8 projects, posting on multiple forums....I think that he may be some sort of reincarnation of Enzo himself. Back to planet earth to help those of us who desire to keep their Ferraris driving down the road.
Hats off to Verell.

YOU DA MAN!

JIM

 

From past searches I have seen all sorts of products and group buys.

Do you have a catalog?

 

Verell, I appreciate the work you're doing. I ordered and received the paper weights but have still not installed them. Anyway, I'm not sure if I need these new bushings. How do you know that the originals are not in good shape or working properly? The only problem I have with my shifting is the standard second gear shift problem until she warms up. Can you please expand on the benefits again.

Thanks

Al

 

Here's an example of one that needed replacing -- no amount of adjusting the shifter forks would solve the problem of not being able to find reverse gear! The inner bushing should have been centered, and the rubber solid and firm. This was indeed the one nearest the engine, as Verell mentioned (and it's a bear to get to). We replaced it with a new stock piece and the car now shifts at least as smooth as when I first got it 15 years ago... I hadn't realized how bad it had gotten over time.
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This a great effort that benefits the entire community of owners - Thank you very much.

 

let me add this one:

or if the rubber goes bad, the inner sleeve can shift sideways causing metal-to-metal contact of the fork and shift shaft eye. The noise this causes inside the cabin is very annoying. Drove me almost nuts during a 1000mls.-drive some years ago.
Sounds similar as if someone is permanently ringing at your front door

Best Regards from Germany

Martin

 

Ordered these a few weeks ago along with the install tool. Completed the job in a few hours thought I would share my insight. To anyone contemplating this upgrade do not hesitate. If putting air in your tire, mechanically speaking, is a 1/10 and dropping your engine is a 10/10, I would rate this as no more than a 2. It is a bit tight to replace the bushing at the shifter without removing the console but it can be done on a testarossa with some patience. Do not waste your time trying to make a home made extractor, just order the one Verrel offers because it works. My old bushings were shot making the gear selection a bit difficult and this has been corrected. Sorry I didn't take any pictures, but honestly you would have a hard time f*&%ing this up!

Thanks Verrel for your ongoing ingenuity for our cars!

Jeff

 

Ha! I didn't even know about this. I just ordered it and the tool - thanks!

 

After much research, concern, and fear, I finally decided to replace the bushing on my 308GT4. Using a lot of patience and unfortunately no assistant, I felt this could be done.
I purchased the bushings and tool from Verell, knowing quite well that if I relied on my own ingenuity to make a tool, this project would never get done.
In my emails with Verell I confirmed that the key to not screwing up, was to make sure that the shift rod in the transmission did not move once the shifter rod was unbolted.

So following all the threads in the forum, I put the shifter into 2nd gear and removed the thru bold from the bushing at the transmission end. Using a 1/2 or 13mm box wrench on the nut side and a 1/4 drive socket and ratchet on the bold head. I carefully used the ratchet to turn the bolt while using the wrench to to both hold the nut and prevent the torgue on the ratchet from rotating the shift rod counter clockwise and losing it from the
2nd gear finger inside the transmission. Once the bolt was removed I very carefully eased the shifter rod forward, which in effect put the shifter into the 3rd gear slot inside the car.
Having an assistant would have made this easier, but the key is to keep the transmission
immobile so I remained watchful and did this carefully.

I put Verell's tool in removal order and fitted it to remove the bushing. Again I used the box wrench because the transmission rod would now move freely counter clockwise and
it felt like it was floating in that direction.I gave it a few turns and then removed it to make sure the bushing was moving and entering the sleeve of the tool. Using the second nut under the bolt head of the tool, I made sure that the bolt head stayed out and the nut pushed against the bushing. Otherwise the bolt head will also disappear into the bushing opening and you have nothing left to grasp. I adjusted the second nut a couple of times
as the length of the bushing when added to the shift rod means moving it more than a couple of inches.
Installation went much smoother and the tool seemed to be the perfect dimensions. Again I used the box wrench to prevent any movement of the transmission rod. And finally with the utmost care and no assistant, the shifter rod was able to be moved from 3rd back to 2nd from beneath the car and the bushing and shaft were slowly and gently
aligned for the nut and bolt to be put in and tightened.
A couple of hours work on jack stands and on my back and the shifts have never felt as precise.
Here are a couple of photo's.
The bushing looked fine, until I removed it.
Here is another forum photo, but not the second nut under the bold head, which is
used to adjust the reach for pushing the bushing out.
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Wow! The old one was trashed! I need to tackle this soon as well. Thanks for posting pics!