engine and drivetrain Shifter Rebuild For 5 Speed

[peterschop]

Having already shortened my shifting arm platform and selector rod for my 5 speed swap, it was time to put everything together. My supporting brackets that hold the shifting arm to the transmission were shot as were the plastic bushing in the shift lever.

 

After reading a post by '76Mintgrun'02, I went down to the local hardware store to see what parts I could kludge up to make things work. I found a couple of rubber 5/16-18x3/4 Expansion Nut for the supporting brackets along with 5/16-18 bolts and nuts. For the shift lever bush I picked up a bronze Flange Bearing  3/8ID x 1/2OD x1" with 5/8 flange.  

 

The original supporting brackets were deteriorating and looked like they were turning to goo. They had a rubber insert with a metal sleeve. I pressed the rubber out with a socket, extension and vise. 

 

supporting brackets with rubber expansion nut

note: the expansion nuts were a little loose in bracket so I glued them in with Seal-All 

 

shift lever with old and new bushing

 

cut to length and honing to fit

note: the bronze bush were a little loose in shift lever so I used a little JB Weld to secure

 

shortening the support rod

 

shift handle apart

 

installing selector seal with 1/2 PVC pipe

 

all together

 

next is to replace in and output shaft seals

Edited November 1, 2013 by peterschop

[austinmf]

Damn!  That is impressive work Sir.

 

Did that remove the side to side flop?

[JerryC]

A mighty fine kluge. I approve, for whatever that's worth.

 

[Mike Self]

Nice work!  for that loose bronze bushing at the base of the shift lever, you might consider drilling/tapping the lever and installing a loctited set screw to hold the bushing in place....

 

mike

[jrkoupe]

nicely done.........thanx for the share........let us know how it feels on the road.

[Pamola]

Solid work and darn fine photography.

[peterschop]

Damn!  That is impressive work Sir.

 

Did that remove the side to side flop?

 

Thanks.

 

In first gear I have about 1 1/2" from one side to the other and 3/4" front to back. All the play is coming from the transmission and not the shift linkage.

 

 

Nice work!  for that loose bronze bushing at the base of the shift lever, you might consider drilling/tapping the lever and installing a loctited set screw to hold the bushing in place....   mike

 

 

Yes, that is how they held the pin in in the earlier style. I mixed up a little JB Weld and smeared that on the bushing and then put it in place. It is now solid and does not have any play. 

 

 

Solid work and darn fine photography.

 

 

With a 13 MP camera built into my phone, it's all I need. 

 

 

nicely done.........thanx for the share........let us know how it feels on the road.

 

Will do but that probably won't be till next spring.

[rms_sandiego]

Great photos. I'm in the middle of this same project right now. I shortened the support rod and had mounted it where you have yours, but when I actually mounted the tranny in the car and had the tranny cross member in place, I found that the interferences were really tight and it was really difficult to get at the bolt that holds the speedo cable in place, and the driver side tranny mount bracket was up against the support arm bracket. I opted to weld a little extra metal to the back of the platform and am converting to an e21 style mount to the back of the shifter platform.

 

PS: did you fabricate that exhaust support bracket? That looks excellent.

Edited November 2, 2013 by Rob S

['76mintgrün'02]

Peterschop's chopped shifter's not flopping from slop in the blocks!

[peterschop]

Great photos. I'm in the middle of this same project right now. I shortened the support rod and had mounted it where you have yours, but when I actually mounted the tranny in the car and had the tranny cross member in place, I found that the interferences were really tight and it was really difficult to get at the bolt that holds the speedo cable in place, and the driver side tranny mount bracket was up against the support arm bracket. I opted to weld a little extra metal to the back of the platform and am converting to an e21 style mount to the back of the shifter platform.

 

PS: did you fabricate that exhaust support bracket? That looks excellent.

 

I thought about welding the piece I cut out of the shift arm platform to the rear of the arm and then convert to the e21 style mount. I still could do it if I run into problems installing everything.

 

But taking into account of what you said about clearance using the support rod that I have now, maybe I could angle the tranny mounting brackets. That is, positioning the drivers side farther back. That may give more room for the support rod bracket. To reach the speedo cable bolt,  why not lower the support rod to tighten the bolt? 

 

The exhaust support bracket was on the donor trans when I bought it. I thought it must have come out of the car It came from. I did not remove the transmission from the car so I can't say for sure. It makes for a great stand for the transmission.

Edited November 2, 2013 by peterschop

[xferboy]

Question for you: (if you don't mind)

 

What is the distance from the front of mounts (back of transmission) to 'center' of the shifter?  (see poorly done picture)

 

I ended up with a 5 speed that didn't have the shifter, so have to fab one.

 

Thanks

 

Allan

[peterschop]

Question for you: (if you don't mind)

 

What is the distance from the front of mounts (back of transmission) to 'center' of the shifter?  (see poorly done picture)

 

I ended up with a 5 speed that didn't have the shifter, so have to fab one.

 

Thanks

 

Allan

 

I do not not know what measurement is. I would suggest that you find a shift platform from a 4 speed and shorten it the appropriate amount. Since the G245 transmission is 3.56" longer than the 4 speed, you need to shorten the shift platform and the selector rod by that amount. Cut 3.56" out and weld it back together. That's what I did.