shifter

[skez]

i have a 87 suzuki sierra 5speed and the gear shifter is sloppy as sometimes when i go to put it in third it hits the dash is there a bush or something that wears out and if so where do i get a new one from

[nicbeer]

suzuki sell new ones. there is a bush and also the bolt also wears out in the top housing.

[want33s]

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[Gwagensteve]

Yup, the bushing is known as the "shift sheet"

There are two types of bolt. There is a large bolt and a small bolt. Take the bolt out and take it with you when you go to suzuki. The shifter and the bolt are a set- the large bolt corresponds to a large groove in the shifter and vice versa.

If the problem is a heavily worn bolt, you may have stuffed up the shifter too. Pull the shifter out (this is easy, take the rubber boot off in the cabin, pull the round runnber boot up that sits over where the lever goes into the gearbox, undo the three 10mm bolts and lift the shifter out. If the slot in the ball on the pivot bit of the shifter is not straight up an down but kind of oval, the shifter is worn and will still be sloppy even with a new bolt and shifter sheet- if so, just get a shifter from a wrecker.

The bolt just unscrews normally and the bush (shift sheet) just pulls out of the housing.

It should take 10 minutes and a 10mm socket to do the whole job.

Hope this helps.

Steve.