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Rubber or plastic for shifter bushings

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 14:53
by 92rrrandall
If I am installing new shifter bushings in a transmission which is already out of the car. Which shifter bushings do you think I should use??...new original rubber, or the plastic ones??

Randall

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 16:23
by Beans
Id say use "poly" bushes

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Posted: 10 Nov 2008 17:55
by jclay (RIP 2018)
Poly here too!

Have fun, drive fast & safe, be kewl,

jclay
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Posted: 10 Nov 2008 18:20
by john 215
Hi Randall,
Poly for me, fit and forget [:D]
Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!
1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)
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1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!
Read My Blog http://www.waringstowntr7s.co.uk/blogs/ ... hp/John215

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 18:53
by 92rrrandall
Poly is what I was thinking too. Just wanted to make sure that I was not going to be missing something with the original rubber parts.

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 19:20
by omichaelshar
Go poly - one of the key benefits is that they don't turn to jello like rubber does when covered with oil.

Every LT77 I have run has suffered a small oil leak. Most of this egress accumulates on the gearbox mount, but some makes its way onto the remote shifter bushings.

YMMV
Owen

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 20:57
by Beans
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by 92rrrandall</i>

...not going to be missing something with the original rubber parts<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
If you want this, fit rubber [:p]

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<center>Image
<font color="blue"><i>1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
1981 TR7 DHC (not very well known yet, but back on the road)
Also a 1980 TR7 DHC, 1980 TR7 DHC FI, 1981 TR7 FHC</font id="blue">
<font color="red">http://tr7beans.blogspot.com/</i></font id="red"></center>

Posted: 10 Nov 2008 21:49
by john 215
Hi Beans,
Funny sometimes, a picture is better than a 100 words!!! Those two pictures say all that needs to be said!!
Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!
1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)
Image
1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!
Read My Blog http://www.waringstowntr7s.co.uk/blogs/ ... hp/John215