Rubber transmission shifter cable bushing

[chrysler kid]

Thought I’d share, my last two project second gen’s had issues with the solid shifter cable bushings seizing and breaking the cable. After trying to install another metal bushing kit I realized there is just too much tension to install them properly and the skateboard style bushings were actually damaged during installing which caused the cable to break (for reference my daily driver 2g has the solid bushings from extreme psi and I have had zero issues for 4 years now)

I couldn’t find an oem set or part numbers for rubber bushings, maybe I didn’t look hard enough, but found a Chinese seller on eBay selling the rubber ones but looked like they were for a non turbo eclipse. I bought the set for $12 shipped and the smaller bushing fit perfectly. Last time I had to replace the entire cable I really liked going back to the rubber bushings, made shifting feel less notchy

So if you’re looking for easy install the rubber bushings are much much easier to install

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[dwb]

Would this work for 1g bushings too? I assume you have to buy two sets to replace both cables?

 

[chrysler kid]

Would this work for 1g bushings too? I assume you have to buy two sets to replace both cables?

Extremepsi lists their brass shifter bushing kits as fitting 90-99 eclipses, so yes I believe they would.

The shipping on them took about 2-3 weeks from china and they feel like more of a urethane rubber than just a standard rubber bushing.

The small one fits in the cable end very tight, the large one doesn’t fit at all. In a desperate situation the big one could be butchered to “repair” a cable bushing

 

[miliman13]

Great find !
I wonder if someone has a STL of this
I imaging this printed in TPU would also be an option.

 

[chrysler kid]

Great find !
I wonder if someone has a STL of this
I imaging this printed in TPU would also be an option.

I was searching random “transmission shifter cable bushings” and a lot of vehicles use very very similar shifter cable bushings but there were no “Dorman” or aftermarket replacement bushings made except for automatic cable bushings for trucks that are plastic. I did not verify sizing prior to ordering, but there are a lot of similar cables in many 90’s and 00 era manual transmission cars

I just checked my project car and sure enough the shift lever for first gear has a bearing only halfway pressed in and it’s binding causing the car to pop out of first gear