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BillyM Shift-Bushing Kit

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Toss your shifter into third gear, now wiggle your shifter side to side. *If you've got more than 1/4" of travel you most likely suffer from a worn shift socket (every w58 I've ever seen has had it) *No problem you say? You'll just replace the bushings? Negatory, that only replaces the shift seat and knuckle bushings. Replacing the socket shouldn't be much harder, right? *Ready to cough up over $125 for the parts and pull/split the tranmission to fix it? *...nah, me either. *This option allows you to do it all from the shifter hole to great result. *I slam gears on my 7m mk2 race car with this kit, the precision and solid feel assure I never miss a shift. *I wake up, snick my celica GTS into gear, and roll out along my daily duties, without the wobble ever-present on the stock shifter and no noticeable increased vibration or noise. *The shift feel on this kit eclipses anything you've ever felt in these cars, I promise.

This shift bushing kit is a drop-in option for repairing the worn shift socket within the transmission (#3) WITHOUT dropping and splitting the transmission (and paying Toyota ~$100 for the part). *The kit also comes with a delrin shifter nuckle bushing (#2) and an upgraded delrin seat bushing (#1) to finish up the set. *I guarantee this to be the best shifter feel, with over 350 already sold, the positive feedback is ROLLING in... *Don't be left wondering if you're shifting into second or fourth, fix it right, fix it once, and enjoy it!

see below for bushing arrangement
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Install instructions are HERE. *<-- *THIS IS IMPORTANT

Payments and Ordering

Please click through to w58bushings.wordpress.com for paypal/CC payment/shipping options
*These are now stocked items, and they ship out same or next day.

Thanks,
--billyM
 
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#699 ·
Installed the kit last night. It's excellent! Very clever way to circumvent a minor design flaw of these transmissions.

I shot some footage of the install. Should have the video up in a couple weeks. Helps demonstrate how much this kit improves shifter feel.

Thanks for making 'em!
 
#709 ·
Just wanted to say "THANKS!" to Billy for making this part available.

Between this bushing kit, and the Raptor V3 short-throw shifter, the car shifts so much better than it did before that words can't describe it!

The tech at the alignment place I just got back from said he's never driven a Japanese car that shifted so well!


:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
#717 ·
http://m.ebay.com/itm/CUBE-Speed-sh...-Supra-W40-W55-W57-W58-amp-R154-/321567946549

Anyone know if this is compatible with the cube speed short throw shifter? Looks like the delrin seat bushing won't do much of anything since it doesn't have the ball that the stock shifter has to sit on it. Will the brass insert make a difference at all? I have both the bushing kit and cube shifter but just wanted to run it by you guys before I install either or both
 
#718 ·
If the Cube shifter is meant to be a direct replacement for the stock shifter, then it should work with Billy's bushing.

All you'll use is the bronze bushing installed in the transmission; the other parts are not used or needed.

You'll be doing the same thing I did when I installed my V3 short shifter that I bought from George at Raptor Racing.

- Jim
 
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