What is underneath the sleeve, and will it make a big headache if I do cut it off?
4Spd Shifter do I need this part?
#1 _macdou_
Posted 16 August 2017 - 03:08 PM
What is underneath the sleeve, and will it make a big headache if I do cut it off?
#2
Posted 16 August 2017 - 03:14 PM
If you cut the sleeve off you will have a very short shaft with no thread on it
#3
Posted 16 August 2017 - 03:16 PM
^^^ +1.
The sleeve/bush joins the two pieces of the stick. If you remove it you'll need to get the stick welded back together.
#4
Posted 16 August 2017 - 03:23 PM
Its just an NVH thing isn't it? Plenty around with basic straight stick
#5
Posted 16 August 2017 - 03:25 PM
#6 _macdou_
Posted 16 August 2017 - 03:58 PM
I think you will find it actually joins the upper part of the shift to the lower.
If you cut the sleeve off you will have a very short shaft with no thread on it
^^^ +1.
The sleeve/bush joins the two pieces of the stick. If you remove it you'll need to get the stick welded back together.
#7
Posted 16 August 2017 - 07:58 PM
http://www.rarespare...1006&brand=RARE
Edited by rodomo, 16 August 2017 - 08:07 PM.
#8
Posted 16 August 2017 - 08:20 PM
If my memory is correct it actually doubles as a rear spring eye bush
http://www.rarespare...1006&brand=RARE
Agree, GM-H engineers must have rummaged around in the parts bins and found those bushes fitted perfectly when they were rationalising the shifter production. lol
#9 _macdou_
Posted 16 August 2017 - 09:13 PM
I am tempted to hack and weld thou.....
#10
Posted 16 August 2017 - 09:28 PM
So if I remove this sleeve how much shorter will the shaft be if it's butt welded...
I am tempted to hack and weld thou.....
You can be the intrepid pioneer for us Ken.
#11
Posted 17 August 2017 - 06:46 PM
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#12
Posted 17 August 2017 - 07:35 PM
^ That's what I meant by NVH
#13
Posted 17 August 2017 - 08:45 PM
I thought it was a counterweight to stop gearstick rattling
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Totally bloody useless then if that is what it was supposed to be for.
#14
Posted 17 August 2017 - 08:53 PM
#15
Posted 20 August 2017 - 06:08 PM
The two ends almost butt up to one another inside the bush.
If you want a shorter gearstick then a hacksaw or grinder is required after you separate the two halves.
To remove the insulator bush you must apply the force to the inner sleeve section.
If you keep hitting the outer section, all the force is absorbed by the rubber.
Jim
#16
Posted 12 September 2017 - 11:12 PM
The plot thickens!
Bush on shifter 1 is approx. 30w x 64L mm
Shifter 2 is approx. 27W x 69L mm
1 might be commodore?
2 might be LH/X?
Clearly not the same bush.
16mmish shaft on both, probably 5/8"
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