Shifter Box Bushing Replacement
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Shifter Box Bushing Replacement
I've read all the input and have decided to replace the bushings to eliminate the rattling. Now here's my "dumb question." Can they be replaced without removing the center console, working through the access following removing of the shift boot? If I am going to have to remove the console, I might as well go for a replacement shifter; is MGW the way to go in that case? Thanks in advance.
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How many miles are on your original shifter box?
I'd honestly just replace the whole shift box and have the confidence that a new one is in there. At least that's what i did when i installed my MGW shifter.
At the time the MGW shifter box hadn't came out yet so i used a C6 shifter box. It came with a C6 shifter i did not use and turned into some profit. Hope this helps.
I'd honestly just replace the whole shift box and have the confidence that a new one is in there. At least that's what i did when i installed my MGW shifter.
At the time the MGW shifter box hadn't came out yet so i used a C6 shifter box. It came with a C6 shifter i did not use and turned into some profit. Hope this helps.
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If you go with these bushings, here's a tip...The slots in the shift box aren't machined all that well, so I had to "touch up" the openings with a Dremel tool, to get the poly bushings to seat properly, as they aren't as compliant as the OE rubber parts.
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No, the console has to come off, and the shift box has to be removed from the car. I did this job a couple of weeks ago, and I installed the polyurethane bushings. If I remember right, I got them from from Zip Products.
If you go with these bushings, here's a tip...The slots in the shift box aren't machined all that well, so I had to "touch up" the openings with a Dremel tool, to get the poly bushings to seat properly, as they aren't as compliant as the OE rubber parts.
If you go with these bushings, here's a tip...The slots in the shift box aren't machined all that well, so I had to "touch up" the openings with a Dremel tool, to get the poly bushings to seat properly, as they aren't as compliant as the OE rubber parts.
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Perfect. Thank you. One more question: how do you know whether replacing the stock lower box is necessary? Or is it a matter of if you are replacing the shifter box, to gain all the advantage, change the lower box as well???
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By the way, I helped another forum member and friend recently install the MGW shifter and box in his C5. The quality looked good. Don't forget to align the shifter as per the video and torque the shift rod bolt properly to 22 lb/ft.
Last edited by pickleseimer; Jul 9, 2013 at 10:35 PM. Reason: addl info
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If you're putting an MGW shifter in your car, instead of buying new box bushings that are going to fail time after time after time, why don't you order MGW's new lower shift box too that will never fail and makes the shifter smoother?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...box-ready.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...box-ready.html
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If you're putting an MGW shifter in your car, instead of buying new box bushings that are going to fail time after time after time, why don't you order MGW's new lower shift box too that will never fail and makes the shifter smoother?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...box-ready.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...box-ready.html
That all looks VERY nice, as well as VERY$$$. I believe my poly shifter box bushings were about $10-12.