Classic VW BuGs How to Install New Shift Rod Bushing on Vintage Beetle Ghia Bus
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2017
- www.ClassicVWbugs.com
This is a short video on "How to Install a New Shift Rod Bushing" for your Vintage VW Beetle Ghia Bus.
Chris Vallone - Авто та транспорт
I've had a replacement bushing in my garage for years. This video reminds me of why I haven't replaced it yet...
Thanks guys. Just did it. There are a couple of omissions nether are show stoppers but still I wouldn’t have been able to get it done without the video. Thanks!
Chris I bought a 67 and have to replace that bushing. I have done it in the past but, not as efficient as you all did. Thanks for sharing this video.
Thanks for the new tutorial!
Never seen it done that way. I never had much trouble getting the rod back in to use a string. Clean the rod real good and use a lot of grease is all I have ever done.
awesome video. Im just about to do this to my beetle but I'm also changing the rear coupling and middle bushing. Its as loose as a middle aged hooker at the moment
That second piece of music is really starting to grow on me!
Oh my goodness what a difficult job. I thought im gonna do this in like an hour. Hell do I have to remove the whole body?
I did not understand why the line came off before the rod reached the back of the chassis. Great video, thanks.
the line is there just to guide it to the area before it inserts into the bushing. You take it off at that point. Once it is on the bushing, you just push it back to the coupler area.
I did this on my 66 and it was a tad more difficult to do than it appears on a rolling chassis. I remember being impressed as to how much difference installing a new plastic shift bushing made to the feel of the gear selection process. The urethane bushed coupler however was a different story. It was so poorly made I ended up reusing the original VW one. I kept the aftermarket one just to remind me to always be on the hunt for OEM parts, rusty or otherwise.
I refurbished the bushed coupler using the old metal and just replaced the rubber using the material from good old sandals. That was over five years ago and it still works great. I have checked it a few times through the years and it looks intact!
The braid music hits
Great video. Thnks, Chris! Question: my 72 beetle pops out of 3rd gear from time to time when I let off the gas and get back on it. Hoping that replacing the coupling and the bushing will fix that. Do you think that will help?
Hmmm tough call. Have you tried adjusting the shift plate under shift housing?
Hi Chris, always enjoy your videos. Question, is that the correct shift rod coupler for chassis 5 627 903 (the chassis in the video)? I'm about to do this procedure on my 63' chassis 5 575 414 and my homework so far indicates these chassis would use the older, circular style coupler? Does it matter which coupler you use? Thanks!
65 and up was the square style, and 64 and earlier was the round style.
Hello Chris, first i want to say thank you! i found your videos years ago and it helped to inspire my addiction LOL.. i have 7 air cooled now :-). I am in desperate need of some advice. I have a 57 beetle and the PO cut and welded the shift coupler to the shift rod. I'm looking to replace everything. this is my dream car and it shifts very poorly even with a new transmission and the gene berg shifter.. how do i find the correct shift rod for a 57? i see them available for 55-64 on some sites. then others sell that same one for 59-64. can you give me some advice please... or sell me the correct one if you have a spare? :-). Your channel has helped me so much. i just want to say thank you again!
Hey Troy, thanks for watching the channel! Yeah I would look into the 56-say 59 area for a shift rod, although you might be ok up till 64 too. Call Dave at Bugcity in CT, he may have one to sell you, and he would also know the year span. Good luck.
I had to watch this video just to remind me that I never want to look at another shift rod bushing again! This was so annoying to do. Wish I had this video back then
Totally agree a pain to do and a dirty one also.
But on the bright side the gears get so smooth and easy. :-)
I need to have that done on my ‘64.
Getting mine replaced as we speak. I'm not doing it. LOL
I have a 1955 oval, different procedure?
You would think with how smart germans are with their engineering that they would have had a little more practical design, my original coupler was so rusted on from over time i had to cut it off with an angle grinder and start from scratch
INGENIOUS
Wow i dread this
Is it okay to use normal gray grease? Or do I need to use red grease like what's in the video?
Any basic lube grease is fine
Chris, I know it's not stock but there is a guy that makes this bushing in brass and he says you'll never have to replace this bushing again. Are you familiar with the brass bushing or do you have any thoughts, comments on using it? Thanks and Happy Holidays!!
Not sure of it, any link to the ad?
I've thought of installing it as well in the process of restoring my 64.
Here it is: www.ev4unow.com/VWShiftRodBushing.html
Do you have to grease the new bushing ?
I would yes
What year bugs is this for? Is the same procedure for oval bugs?
no, ovals have no bushing
E Hall - Ovals and very early small window don't have this bushing.
But I'll tell you when I had my early 60. It was the best thing I did to it.
Remove all as shown in the video. And now comes the fun. Remove the plate, open/increase the hole where the bushing is supposed to go. Set the new bushing just as in newer models. Replace/repair the rear connector while at it. Clean and lube all, put it back together...
And ENJOY. ;-)
On mine the hole was oval by the time I got to it. The shifter was all over the place. Finding a gear was a lucky strike. After the repair was slick and smooth and tremendously accurate. :-)
It looks easy, but without a helper, I'm scared I'll be stuck halfway through with no way to get to work.
Hey Chris, in the morning when i start my bug in the morning after letting it idle for a bit and ready to take off when taking off in first & second gear there is a brief scraping noise. for some reason this only started happening after i changed my starter recently my bug starts up fine but i dont know where this scraping sound comes from and its only for a few minutes after driving a while its hardly noticeable, as well as a prior problem before my starter my bug would grind really bad when going from 1st to 2nd gear almost as if a bad sync. Any advice?
how is your clutch my friend? half inch free play at the wheel?
Chris Vallone I put in a brand new clutch when I replaced my heads, I didn’t check the end play, would the symptoms carry from that problem?
hmmm tough call on that one, unless the end play is so excessive you are rubbing engine tin while the pulley moves in and out. Long shot.
Chris Vallone I’ll check it out, thanks for the replies
BishopAndTheBug Vegas - Please update and let us know if that was the problem, thanks.
I think it is a bad practice to lubricate the union between the shift box axle and the union couple to the shift tube, there is a risk to loose the mechanical fix.
rodolfo gomez I thought that too
find it funny how i just did this 2 days ago...
Chris,,still I love your videos..but.. Come on.most of us don't have a body off resto tp work with. Show real world bushing r&r like I just went through..with a body in the
way..and a bumper, etc..it was a b@$ch, but, next time,,it will be easy as pie!
I just tried to put a shifter bushing in a 1960 convertible I’m building and it did not have one, nor would a bushing fit in the hole. It looks like the hole in the hanger was flanged or something but there was no way a bushing was gonna fit. It looks like it was that way from the factory because there are no cuts in the tunnel.
You are correct, no bushing 60 and earlier.
@@classicvwbugs that knowledge would have saved me a lot of confusion at the time!
@@robertsupriano1969 sorry about that.
🙂
@@classicvwbugsso no shift bushing for a 1953 VW bug .it looks like it's mushroomed behind it and won't accept a plastic shift bushing??
not sure I understand why you used the line...looks like you can just push the rod back in
it's a guide, makes it easier.
Chris Vallone I will have to do this job on my ‘66 soon. Your video is very helpful
LOL I just noticed that on my trike, it needed a bushing, and what I have done, is wrapped an old yoghurt pot around the rod to take up the slack...
Its worked great for about 2000 miles now.
But I think I just realised why I need to readjust the gearshifting yet again???
The gear lever right now has far too much play and its inside the right angle bit ( Im clearly no mechanic but no one wil help me fix my trike and I ride trieks because Im disabled - thats absolute hell to do )
I'd rather cut and reweld the damn thing lol
I've done this job before, when the whole car is still together. It's a real pain!
Minute 3:35 🤤
Dang, I gotta take the body off to do this repair? German engineering....
🤣 What kind of comedy show is this ? What’s the string for ? The ramped bevel on the trans side of the shift shaft is there to aid the installation of the bushing. You load the new bushing onto the shift shaft just far enough for the ring clamp to hold it in place, with the bushing loaded onto the shaft MAKE SURE the bushing ramped section ALIGNS with the shaft ramp section. With both ramped sections aligned slightly lube the bushing ramp area INSTALL the bushing and shaft as a complete unit. Rotate the shaft when it hits the mount perch to insure the beveled section of the bushing is through the hole PUSH THE RING SIDIE OF THE BUSHING AND SHAFT AS ONE UNIT INTO THE PERCH HOLE and there ya go bushing is installed and shaft too all in one shot takes about 30 minutes to do start to finish !!!
Good for you, so make a video and show the world how you do it, then let's compare.
Ugh. I hated doing this.
jdiaz813 it’s not fun!!!
Far to involved for the average person!
No, I had literally no experience and I’ve done a couple.