cobias1

What would cause a manual tranny shifter to have slop from left to right while in gear? holds in gear well just never had a manual with left to right play in it.

Dan

Babalouie

Could be worn shifter tube bushes:


Replacement procedure here : https://rennlist.com/forums/8829950-post25.html

cobias1

are those on a C2 ? and definitely something to check on.

Babalouie

Yeah, those are C2

cobias1

Will be uting your thread...hopefully by the weekend if not before. Had day shift and just about done with it and outta here for a couple of days but definitely wanna get the beast in the air again and see whats what under the belly.

greg1990964

Also check the black gromets that hold the shifter tube in its holder on each end. Made night and day differnce on my car. Just pull tunnel cover off and not bad to install.

cobias1

greg, have you got a part number for the black gromets ? I have some of the other parts that is in babalouies diy on order such as the cup and the bearing sleeves in cart at pelican. would be nice to put these on order also before I take things down. Thanks in advance.
Dan

mkd944

My 964 had been out of commission for several months while I was getting some work done and I had been driving my Miata in the meantime which shifts very nicely. I had never really noticed the slop in my 964's shifter until I got back into the 911 after the Miata. Now I want to do what I can to make it more like the Miata (with respect to the shifting). I have been considering installing the FD Motorsports / Rothsport short shift kit and/or the "Golden Rod". I also have the side to side slop you describe when the car is in gear so I may need to replace that tube bushing as well. Please let us know how your repair goes.

Thanks,
Mike

greg1990964

I do not have apart number. I could be wrong and maybe it was just the grommet in the picture, but I remember a more simple round grommet. Maybe different on my 90 c2 vs c4? Maybe I am causing more confusion. My bad.

Babalouie

I think you might be right. There's that tube that is located by the bushes pictured above. But I have a very hazy recollection that there are some round bushes that go between the tube and the sliding part of the gearlever.

cobias1

I will see in a few days. I just ordered some parts and when they get here will have a look.

911Jetta

You are right, the earlier cars (or my '90 at least) had a simple round shift sleeve. (P/N 96442422401)--#26 on schematic





more pictures here: https://picasaweb.google.com/udoreis...gShiftSleeves#

Here's a link to a thread I created about this a couple years ago:
shift sleeves - cure for fallen shifter assembly
https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...ferrerid=19642

ThomasC2

Ther are also 4 small white plastic bushes/sleeves on the pivot bolts holding the gear stick to the guide tube. If those are gone/bad the stick will also get sloppy. A set of four costs like 1 $. Easy to replace when you check the rest.

Thomas