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Hellmun
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Nylon/Brass Shifter bushing

Postby Hellmun » Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:03 pm

Would anyone have a spare or an old shifter bushing for a 6 speed box? My nylon bushing appears to have disentegrated( I can't find any trace of it) and it makes the shifts extremely vague and difficult. I'll call Mania/Mazda/anyone I can tomorrow but I have races Sat/Sun this weekend and really need one before.... would appreciate even if it's just to borrow it for the weekend while I source another one.

I'm in Wollongong which is a few hours south of Sydney.

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Postby sliq » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:49 am

i might have one last one spare hellmun.

i'll confirm when i'm at home later tonight.

i might need a PM as a reminder :oops:
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Nylon/Brass Shifter bushing

Postby Caffeine » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:22 pm

Hellmun wrote:Would anyone have a spare or an old shifter bushing for a 6 speed box? My nylon bushing appears to have disentegrated( I can't find any trace of it) and it makes the shifts extremely vague and difficult. I'll call Mania/Mazda/anyone I can tomorrow but I have races Sat/Sun this weekend and really need one before.... would appreciate even if it's just to borrow it for the weekend while I source another one.

I'm in Wollongong which is a few hours south of Sydney.


Where did it go?? :shock:

It's not sitting in the bottom of the turret is it?

I have one of the brass ones from the group buy, which I probably won't end up fitting if you want that.
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Postby wun911 » Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:19 pm

oh I missed a GB?
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Postby Hellmun » Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:54 pm

Mania is going to bring a nylon one with them to Wakefield for me.

Thanks Caff if Sliq doesn't have one I might take you up on that...seeing as I apparently disintegrated mine :shock:

I found no trace of it at all...I had to get online ot re-assure myself one should've existed in the first place and that nothing else was horribly wrong with the turret.

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Postby Caffeine » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:04 pm

That's bizarre! The shifting must feel awful!
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Postby Hellmun » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:54 pm

Yeah it's crazy bad. Imagine being able to move the gearstick over an inch left and right :roll:

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Postby Caffeine » Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:38 pm

Hellmun wrote:Yeah it's crazy bad. Imagine being able to move the gearstick over an inch left and right :roll:


My old datsun was like that, straight down out of first, straight back up and you'd be in third!

I just can't think where it would have gone. Perhaps it fell off between the gearbox and the floor when you took the stick out?
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Postby Hellmun » Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:24 am

Caffeine wrote:
Hellmun wrote:Yeah it's crazy bad. Imagine being able to move the gearstick over an inch left and right :roll:


My old datsun was like that, straight down out of first, straight back up and you'd be in third!

I just can't think where it would have gone. Perhaps it fell off between the gearbox and the floor when you took the stick out?


Well I only took the shifter out because it was drastically worse overnight....and when I cracked it open nothing fell out and I checked around the turret anyway to look for damage. I'd say it's split and is somewhere in the gearbox now :(

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Postby Hellmun » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:40 pm

Big thanks to Mania for bringing the bush up with them. I slipped it on, the shifter was hard as buggery until I hammered it with my fist a few times and then everything was well with the world again. The old nylon bush hasn't showed up yet though....the gearbox did survive the race meeting.


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