[Vwdiesel] shift rod bearing

[Roger Brown]

mikitka wrote:
> I'm finding all kinds of things now with the head off. I have been having
> problems with getting into 5th gear. Some times it goes right in smooth but
> more so it has been a royal pain getting into 5th. All the other gears are
> fine.
> 
>  
> 
> I noticed that my shift rod bearing bushing is shot, gone, not existent,
> just a rod flopping around in a bracket. How hard is it to replace what use
> to be a bushing/bearing there?

Not too hard.  You need to mark and disconnect the selector lever from the shift rod, 
remove the bearing assembly and drill out the two rivets and insert the new bearing.  Then 
you need to put the selector lever back on and re-align the shift linkage:
	http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/ShiftLinkage.shtml#ShiftRodBearing

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   Roger