I have a fair amount of left-right play in my shift lever. ('87 Westy) I've gone through all the linkages and the play is there because the frontmost bushing allows the whole shaft to move left and right instead of rotate the way it's supposed to. If you have your ETKA handy, the fulcrum of the bad movement is item 8 on drawing 69-20. So, for instance, when the shifter's universal joint should be rotating, it is moving left and right. How do I get rid of this play? Since item 8 is a single bushing, it can't eliminate the left-right motion. Is there something else that's supposed to do that?
I also have very stiff forward-backward motion unless I put some oil on the rearmost bushing, near the transmission. This lasts for a few days then things go bad again. Looking again at drawing 69-20, are there supposed to be some protective boots (items 2a) that keep the grease in and the dirt out? My van has no boots around this bushing. Are all your boots disintegrated too? Is my shifter inadequate? What should I DO? (calm, calm, no panic...) Happy Friday! --tabe johnson xtabe@yahoo.com '87 Westy
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