Re: bushings for shift idler lever?

Posted by HH56 On 2012/1/22 11:25:54

Sorry to say, but IIRC you are one of several looking for bushings in the last couple of years. I believe the others have come up mostly empty handed & don't recall anyone reporting back with what they wound up doing if ones they needed were NLA.

Seems each vendor had one or two bushings at the time but not all or a complete new assy of one piece--but not it's mate. Max Merritt now says inquire so maybe. Even if buying all available, believe no one found everything that would be sufficient to do a complete proper job on one car.

If you do need bushings, think about the only option currently is for a visit to a machine shop with the pertinent pieces and have them do their thing with whatever modern is available. If you wanted to try something yourself, McMaster-Carr and MSC have a nice selection of bushings but to use any modern stock size looks like at least one item will require drilling, cutting, or machine work in the particular location causing the problem.