Just installed these in my supercharged, 2017 2LT with the 6 spd manual that had really nasty slop and extreme "vagueness." The WORST part of the install, was the fact that the car is 8 years old and moisture had crept in under the stock bushing sleeves and it corroded!!! The drift pin to remove the coupler that holds the shifter arm to the transmission was ALSO corroded. As a result, it took over 90 minutes to remove the bushing remnants and the shifter arm!! Cleaning out all the corrosion and polishing all the affected parts took another 15 minutes, I had to sand off a small corner of the @fullmetalbushings so they fit snugly over the 'lip' on the shifter linkage. But RE-INSTALLATION of everything - including the transmission crossmember, only took about 10 minutes. The effort was well worth it. The improvement in all aspects of shifting gears was/is unbelieveable ua-cam.com/video/Ly3qGDaXyHw/v-deo.htmlsi=Wy-lNuP3SZcdDqeP
Great detail and your video shows a real scenario that some might experience with road salts and various humidity fluctuations. This is a real service you've done for the Camaro community. Thank you! If it makes you or anyone else reading this feel better.... the same thing would happen even buying a whole new shifter. It would have to be unhooked from the transmission and they don't come with a new pin either. GM has really messed up this design. If anyone needs a replacement pin, it's p/n 24276257 for about $20 at GM
Hello, yes they're more mechanical and direct. This is because the current coating on the OEM is a "squishy" rubber/plastic. However, it's not going to feel like a short-throw MGW shifter. Up to you of course but we recommend to just wait until those start to fail around 25k to 30k miles of daily use and then upgrade. Skipping the $300 dealer diagnostic will be a big cost savings and more than pays for this fix.
Hello, we produce replacement bushings for the linkage arm to the back of the transmission. 90% of the time it's the reason for the floppy shifter condition. However, it's possible a loose linkage to the stem of the shifter can also be a problem. Recommend first to inspect under your car to see if the OEM black bushing material is missing. That would 100% confirm the problem before purchasing replacements. Follow this video for orientation: ua-cam.com/video/2jVsfPfjtJ0/v-deo.html. Once you confirm that's the problem, check out fullmetalbushing.com/products/camaro-bushing to order
I just got a 2016 v6 manual. Coming from a mustang with a short shifter, the Camaro one feels quite wobbly to me. Do you also have about .5” of lateral movement in the shifter when it’s in neutral or in gear with the metal bushings installed? I’m trying to gauge if mine is normal vs worn out. Thanks
Hello. While it's in gear, the upgraded bushing locks in the position so there is almost ZERO play side to side. While in neutral, you'll have more like 1/4 inch side to side... just enough to know it's in neutral. When your bushing is worn, it will not spring back to neutral/center very well either. You can try to drive yours for a while and see if it becomes floppy like this video over time: ua-cam.com/users/shortsWlKQ4SrQHnc?feature=share . It will still be drivable but terrible experience and dangerous for miss-shifts.
@@Speedrcr just for your awareness, the bushings can be inserted without dropping the exhaust and transmission like required for shifter replacement. So you can replace it now and good chance you won't even need the short throw after that. If you do still change out the shifter (4 or 5 hour job), then you'll already have these in place. It'll last forever so I'd start enjoying the improved feel now. A shop can install it in less than 1 hour if you don't have the time or a lift. I also have a plastic tester set you can try out for $20, and if you then buy the metal I'll credit $15 towards the purchase. Email: Info@fullmetalbushing.com or call / text me 813-252-0204.
It’s a good thing that I don’t rely on stealerships🫡. I dissembled where the stick goes but I figured that I would have to go under so I came to the right place. Thanks dude, all that wobbly movement could not be right🥴
Just installed these in my supercharged, 2017 2LT with the 6 spd manual that had really nasty slop and extreme "vagueness."
The WORST part of the install, was the fact that the car is 8 years old and moisture had crept in under the stock bushing sleeves and it corroded!!! The drift pin to remove the coupler that holds the shifter arm to the transmission was ALSO corroded.
As a result, it took over 90 minutes to remove the bushing remnants and the shifter arm!! Cleaning out all the corrosion and polishing all the affected parts took another 15 minutes, I had to sand off a small corner of the @fullmetalbushings so they fit snugly over the 'lip' on the shifter linkage.
But RE-INSTALLATION of everything - including the transmission crossmember, only took about 10 minutes.
The effort was well worth it. The improvement in all aspects of shifting gears was/is unbelieveable
ua-cam.com/video/Ly3qGDaXyHw/v-deo.htmlsi=Wy-lNuP3SZcdDqeP
Great detail and your video shows a real scenario that some might experience with road salts and various humidity fluctuations. This is a real service you've done for the Camaro community. Thank you! If it makes you or anyone else reading this feel better.... the same thing would happen even buying a whole new shifter. It would have to be unhooked from the transmission and they don't come with a new pin either. GM has really messed up this design. If anyone needs a replacement pin, it's p/n 24276257 for about $20 at GM
@scaledbuy Thanks! I really wanted to do a start to finish video, but the corrosion prevented that, so I did what I figured was the next best thing.
Hi! I have a 23 v6 manual and I wonder if they feel better compared to the oem when oem was functioning? Thx!
Hello, yes they're more mechanical and direct. This is because the current coating on the OEM is a "squishy" rubber/plastic. However, it's not going to feel like a short-throw MGW shifter. Up to you of course but we recommend to just wait until those start to fail around 25k to 30k miles of daily use and then upgrade. Skipping the $300 dealer diagnostic will be a big cost savings and more than pays for this fix.
Hello, my 2018 v6 ls just started doing this. Do you make the bushings for it?
Hello, we produce replacement bushings for the linkage arm to the back of the transmission. 90% of the time it's the reason for the floppy shifter condition. However, it's possible a loose linkage to the stem of the shifter can also be a problem. Recommend first to inspect under your car to see if the OEM black bushing material is missing. That would 100% confirm the problem before purchasing replacements. Follow this video for orientation: ua-cam.com/video/2jVsfPfjtJ0/v-deo.html. Once you confirm that's the problem, check out fullmetalbushing.com/products/camaro-bushing to order
Can you send me the 3d file
Mine still has good door stop return action. Boinyoioioioi.
Is there any we’re i can find the plastic piece with out buying the hole thing ?
Hello, replacement bushings are available at www.fullmetalbushing.com
I just got a 2016 v6 manual. Coming from a mustang with a short shifter, the Camaro one feels quite wobbly to me. Do you also have about .5” of lateral movement in the shifter when it’s in neutral or in gear with the metal bushings installed? I’m trying to gauge if mine is normal vs worn out.
Thanks
Hello. While it's in gear, the upgraded bushing locks in the position so there is almost ZERO play side to side. While in neutral, you'll have more like 1/4 inch side to side... just enough to know it's in neutral.
When your bushing is worn, it will not spring back to neutral/center very well either. You can try to drive yours for a while and see if it becomes floppy like this video over time: ua-cam.com/users/shortsWlKQ4SrQHnc?feature=share . It will still be drivable but terrible experience and dangerous for miss-shifts.
Good to know, thank you. I’ll definitely be placing an order for those metal bushings and get it put in with a short throw hurst in the near future.
@@Speedrcr just for your awareness, the bushings can be inserted without dropping the exhaust and transmission like required for shifter replacement. So you can replace it now and good chance you won't even need the short throw after that. If you do still change out the shifter (4 or 5 hour job), then you'll already have these in place. It'll last forever so I'd start enjoying the improved feel now. A shop can install it in less than 1 hour if you don't have the time or a lift. I also have a plastic tester set you can try out for $20, and if you then buy the metal I'll credit $15 towards the purchase. Email: Info@fullmetalbushing.com or call / text me 813-252-0204.
@@scaledbuy Sounds good, I appreciate the advice. I will probably do that and hold off on the short shifter.
@@Speedrcr Which bushngs did you go with and did that fix your issue?
Can you sent me a a bushing
It’s a good thing that I don’t rely on stealerships🫡. I dissembled where the stick goes but I figured that I would have to go under so I came to the right place. Thanks dude, all that wobbly movement could not be right🥴