Before and After Marlin Crawler Shift Busings

[xarewhyayen]

Getting rid of shifter play was easier than i thought. Im mad i lived with it as long as i did before hitting up marlin crawler and getting the bushings delivered for like $25 shipped! See video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tqokqzdox4

[shaeff edit: To fix video]

 

[xarewhyayen]

yea apparently im an idiot and cant get the video to embed, can someone give me the trick to get that to work>?

 

[shaeff]

Just copy/paste the link from your browser. The forum does the rest for you.

Edit: I fixed it for you.

 

[xarewhyayen]

Thanks Shaeff! now i know

 

[rob21a48422]

I've got to say that never in my life have I seen that much play on a shifter in gear. Is this normal for worn out bushings or was yours just a bad example with completely shot bushings? My car had 210,000mi on it when I bought it and it was tight as can be. The PO must have replaced them.

 

[empera]

Thanks Shaeff! now i know

You suck at stuff...

anyone else get kinda excited after watching that :sarcasm:

 

[Rennat]

very nice. i didnt even have a bottom bushing when i pulled my R154 from the turbo car... which explains why i didnt even know it was in gear while we were pushing it off the trailer!!! Marlin Crawler FTW!!!!

 

[xarewhyayen]

You suck at stuff...

anyone else get kinda excited after watching that :sarcasm:

enough outta you.

I've got to say that never in my life have I seen that much play on a shifter in gear. Is this normal for worn out bushings or was yours just a bad example with completely shot bushings? My car had 210,000mi on it when I bought it and it was tight as can be. The PO must have replaced them.

yeah i guess mine was just a really bad example. the cup at the bottom was very deformed and the bushing was nice and flat. the marlin crawler hadda be like 3-4 times as thick. im just glad its fixed

 

[shaeff]

You're welcome.

That video made me want to get my car back on the road. :sigh:

 

[Keros]

lol, the marlin crawler bushing set was the best 20 bucks i ever spent... I didn't have anywhere close to that much play though, how could you tell what gear you were in :aigo:

 

[88mkIIIproject]

wow that IS a lot of play. how many miles on that trans?

 

[lppro]

where can i buy a set?

 

[The Dude]

where can i buy a set?

http://www.marlincrawler.com/htm/transmission/trans_parts.htm

MC-10077
MC-10078

FYI I have short throw shifter, not sure if it's the ebay one or c's(it came with the car), and the marlin crawler socket bushing at the end of the shifter doesn't grab the ball like the Toyota bushing, seems too big to me, so I ended up buying a new Toyota piece. To anyone with the marlin bushing, does it fit the stock shifter without falling off?

 

[ILikeCarsYesIDo]

I just noticed that mine has about that much play. Never noticed until I thought about it.

 

[Rennat]

I just noticed that mine has about that much play. Never noticed until I thought about it.

your shifter = gayyy

but it is pretty tight. too bad you couldnt boost it tonight.
driftmotion has marlin crawler type bushings now too. saw them today.

 

[NgoFcukinWay]

I don't recall how bad the play was with my previous bushing, but I sure do love how the MC bushings feel now compared to a buddy's shifter.

BTW, how hard was it for you to get the bushing into the socket? Took me about 30+ minutes to wrestle it in using the method provided in the video.

 

[ILikeCarsYesIDo]

your shifter = gayyy

but it is pretty tight. too bad you couldnt boost it tonight.
driftmotion has marlin crawler type bushings now too. saw them today.

My shifter is the shit. I have the same one on my 240, haha.

 

[GeneStarWindGSW]

My shifter has even MORe play then this. Mines horrible, but i just bought a C's shifter /w new bushings so i'll probably do a video on a befoer & after.

 

[92nsx]

WTF they charge $20 shipping on a $10 part that is plastic. I'll wate.

 

[SevenMKIII]

My brother's old Eclipse was like that, it's pitiful and it sucks because by just looking you could be in first OR fifth gear at any given time haha.