I've been running a group buy for the last month for a much-needed fix for a common issue or flaw found in the w58's. I introduced the group-buy to this forum a few weeks back, but really have seen a much smaller interest than I expected. The few people from this forum who have purchased mentioned that they didn't know about it, just stumbled upon the thread in the GB section. This is the reason I've started this thread where most w58 owners will see (since there is no drivetrain section). Now lets get on to the discussion...
Firstly, as you can see, there are three bushings in the w58 transmission. "Three?", you ask. Yes, three. The Seat, the Knuckle, and the Socket. With these three bushings are three individual problems.
1: The seat bushing is a rubber piece of crap. Toyota charges an arm and a leg for a rubber hunk of junk. Welcome to wet-noddle-ville. They make a thicker, green rubber piece of crap too. We replace it with a derlin (hard plastic) bushing made to fit tight. Problem solved.
2: The knuckle bushing is a soft little plastic guy. You can scar that plastic with a finger nail. ...I don't know who thought that up, but no way am I paying $7 for that thing. Not a chance. Again, we replace it with a derlin (hard plastic) bushing. Again, our problem is solved.
3: The socket. ...oh damn you Toyota engineer. You may have gotten a raise in 1982 when you designed the multi-layer socket in the name of comfort, but you crippled us in the long run and I curse you every night before I rest. The socket, from inside to the outside is a layer of plastic, a thin layer of metal, a layer of rubber, and another layer of metal. Problem is, plastic goes bye-bye after 50k miles, the thin layer of metal pushes into the rubber and deforms it. Call Toyota up to order a socket, and you get that same layered piece of junk, you have to drop your transmission and split the casing, oh... and it's ~$100. Screw that!
Here's a picture of said socket....
This is where I come in. I had three cars that needed shifter socket repair, and I wasn't about to drop three transmissions. I shut myself in the back room of the shop for thirty days and thirty nights, and then I emerged a champion among shifter bushings. I've made a metal bushing that replaces the inner linings of the socket. Out goes the plastic (if you have any left), out goes the thin metal layer, and out comes the rubber layer. In drops my bushing (through the shifter hole, mind you) with a little adhesive, on goes the upgraded nuckle bushing I supply, and in goes the upgraded seat bushing I supply, reassemble and feel the "Shiftgasm".
Here's an image of the kit you receive.
I've sold numerous sets to celica and mk2 supra people alike. The feedback I'm receiving is amazing and fits exactly with my findings. You will not, EVER feel a shift precision and feel in any other w58 unless you drove it off the lot. I promise this kit to be a one-stop-shop for shifting excellence with ease of installation and longevity being key.
Let the discussion begin.
--BillyM
Firstly, as you can see, there are three bushings in the w58 transmission. "Three?", you ask. Yes, three. The Seat, the Knuckle, and the Socket. With these three bushings are three individual problems.
1: The seat bushing is a rubber piece of crap. Toyota charges an arm and a leg for a rubber hunk of junk. Welcome to wet-noddle-ville. They make a thicker, green rubber piece of crap too. We replace it with a derlin (hard plastic) bushing made to fit tight. Problem solved.
2: The knuckle bushing is a soft little plastic guy. You can scar that plastic with a finger nail. ...I don't know who thought that up, but no way am I paying $7 for that thing. Not a chance. Again, we replace it with a derlin (hard plastic) bushing. Again, our problem is solved.
3: The socket. ...oh damn you Toyota engineer. You may have gotten a raise in 1982 when you designed the multi-layer socket in the name of comfort, but you crippled us in the long run and I curse you every night before I rest. The socket, from inside to the outside is a layer of plastic, a thin layer of metal, a layer of rubber, and another layer of metal. Problem is, plastic goes bye-bye after 50k miles, the thin layer of metal pushes into the rubber and deforms it. Call Toyota up to order a socket, and you get that same layered piece of junk, you have to drop your transmission and split the casing, oh... and it's ~$100. Screw that!
Here's a picture of said socket....
This is where I come in. I had three cars that needed shifter socket repair, and I wasn't about to drop three transmissions. I shut myself in the back room of the shop for thirty days and thirty nights, and then I emerged a champion among shifter bushings. I've made a metal bushing that replaces the inner linings of the socket. Out goes the plastic (if you have any left), out goes the thin metal layer, and out comes the rubber layer. In drops my bushing (through the shifter hole, mind you) with a little adhesive, on goes the upgraded nuckle bushing I supply, and in goes the upgraded seat bushing I supply, reassemble and feel the "Shiftgasm".
Here's an image of the kit you receive.
I've sold numerous sets to celica and mk2 supra people alike. The feedback I'm receiving is amazing and fits exactly with my findings. You will not, EVER feel a shift precision and feel in any other w58 unless you drove it off the lot. I promise this kit to be a one-stop-shop for shifting excellence with ease of installation and longevity being key.
Let the discussion begin.
--BillyM
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