LS1Porch

I had the infamous football-shaped shifter peg and i tackled that this weekend. I checked around on here and i've seen the bolt fix, the copper tubing fix, and the plastic 924 bushing fix.
I liked the 924 bushing fix the best (some people said the bolt wore out their shift rod), but i don't have a Porsche dealership anywhere around, so i ended up doing it a slightly different way and i thought i'd share.

Found this guy at Autozone (note part number) for $10. It's a door hinge pin and bushing set for Fords. There were several choices, but this one looked like the best setup for its intended purpose.




Cut the old football off, drill a hole (i forget which size, just use a mic on the smooth part), blah blah blah:




Unbolt the shift rod back at the transmission. Use a pair of vice grips to hold it steady while you drill the hole out to 31/64" on both sides. You don't have to drill all the way through, just about .320" in so that the bushing will seat all the way.




Ta-da!




Press the pin into the hole you drilled in the shifter, then weld up the back side. Measure the pin length needed, cut a groove for a circlip, and cut the excess off. Install and you're done:




It has a smooth feel and no slop! Extra heavy duty, too (if it can hold a door up, i think it can handle a shifter....).

bonus12

ahhhhh some ingenuity...nice work.

KuHL 951

Nice work, I love a new approach to a common problem

Elliot9

My shifter is so floppy I don't even know what gear I'm in sometimes. I'll have to try this.

Indy Rev

Sounds like a good thanksgiving day project. I can do it while deep frying the turkeys.

LS1Porch

Yeah, it really firmed things up, and it didn't take very long! Perfect project for the long weekend

The only thing i couldn't figure out was which direction the plastic at the bottom of the shifter was supposed to face. I notice that there are two grooves cut into the face of the plastic--do those face front/back? I made sure those were facing front/back this time and it made my shifter very stiff. Not sure if that means it's incorrectly installed, or that it was installed incorrectly the last time i had it off....

83 944

I used the bolt trick but this looks great! Good work. I think I'll get a long bolt with almost no threads and cut the grove for the c clip and put the bushing in the shift rod. Like seems easier to me haha. Great work!!

944Ross

Just went thru this so I can say; the bottom is contoured to fit the TT, so you need it F-R that way. It can be hard to tell from above which way that is, so a felt tip marker on the top is a good idea.