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ace of spades
01-28-2011, 07:05 AM
aluminum shifter bushings to improve shifter feel. simple and straight forward DIY.

tools needed:
- large flathead
- needle nose pliers
- channellocks
- light
- razor knife (optional)

- ratchet (stock airbox)
- extension (stock airbox)
- 8mm deep socket (stock airbox)
- 10mm socket (stock airbox)
- 14mm deep socket (front stb if you have one)
- 14mm shallow (front stb if you have one)
- swivel extension (front stb and stock airbox)
- tools for cold air/short ram intake removal (if you have one instead of stock airbox)

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110126-00167.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00130.jpg

- pop the hood

- if you have a front strut tower brace in the way like me, you'll need to remove it. if you have a cold air or short ram, you should be fine with leaving the strut tower brace and just removing the intake.

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00110.jpg

- next remove the stock airbox or cold air/short ram if you have one. I have the stock airbox, so here's how to remove it:

- there is a breather tube coming from the valve cover, squeeze the clamp with channellocks and slide it over to the left. pry the tube off the airbox.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/DSC07181.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/DSC07171.jpg

- loosen the 10mm clamp on the throttle body tube. pull the tube off the airbox.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/DSC07179.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/DSC07172.jpg

- loosen the five 8mm bolts holding the top of the airbox. there are two on each side and one at the bottom. they won't come out, so don't try to remove them.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00111.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/DSC07178.jpg

- remove the top half of the airbox. kind of a tight squeeze.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00112.jpg

- remove the air filter.

- there are two 10mm nuts (on left) and one 10mm bolt (on right) holding the lower half of the airbox in place. remove these three.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00114.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00113.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00116.jpg

- disconnect the air inlet tube from the lower half of the airbox. (facing the front)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00119.jpg

- remove the lower half of the airbox.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00117.jpg

- the air inlet tube is kind of in the way. you can either unbolt it from the front support (one 10mm bolt) or tuck it down out of the way. I tucked mine
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00120.jpg

hellaflush
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00122.jpg

- now we have some room to work. there are two shift cables, each cable sits inside of a cable guide. I started with the cable on the left that has the larger bushing laying horizontal.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00124.jpg

- remove the metal clip holding the cable onto the guide by prying it up from the back with a screwdriver. the metal clips are the only thing being reused in the install.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00125.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00126.jpg

- pull the cable toward the rear of the car, then lift it out of the cable guide.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00127.jpg

- with needle nose pliers, straighten the cotter pin and pull it through the hole it's sitting in.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00128.jpg

- on the top of the bushing there is a plastic washer under a metal washer. remove both.

- I took a large flathead and tried to pivot the bushing out with no luck. to make it easier, I cut a notch off the lip of the bushing, then pried it again.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00132.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00133.jpg

ace of spades
01-28-2011, 07:07 AM
- pic of the stock bushing removed.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00134.jpg

- I took a rag and wiped out are where the old bushing was, then wiped off the post it was sitting on. then I applied some grease. (just a little)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00135.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00136.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00138.jpg

- take your new bushing and slide it it place from the bottom up. collar on bottom/groove on top.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00139.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00140.jpg

- slide the snap ring into the groove. I found it easier to slide it into place rather than position two sides of it then the third. I did this by hand.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00141.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00148.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00142.jpg

- reinstall the cable into the cable guide by pulling it toward the rear of the car, then into the guide.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00143.jpg

- slide the new bushing onto the lightly greased post.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00144.jpg

- install new cotter pin
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00145.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00146.jpg

- reinstall the metal clip onto the cable guide. I tapped it down into place with the butt end of my large flathead.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00126.jpg

- onto the smaller bushing on the right sitting vertical. removal and installation of the new bushing is just like the other one.

- remove the metal clip on the cable guide.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00149.jpg

- pull cable out of the cable guide like the other side. pull it towards the rear of the car.

- straighten and remove the cotter pin with needle nose pliers.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00150.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00152.jpg

- remove the metal and plastic washers.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00154.jpg

- slide the bushing off the mount.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00155.jpg

- with the smaller bushing, I was able to just push it through with a large flathead to remove it.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110126-00156.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110126-00158.jpg

- wipe out the bushing location and post with a rag and lightly grease both areas.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110126-00159.jpg

- insert the new bushing from the left. the snap ring groove should be on the right of the housing.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110126-00161.jpg

- install the the snap ring into the groove. there was less flex on this one, so I pressed it in lightly with channellocks.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110126-00162.jpg

- install it onto the post.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110126-00163.jpg

ace of spades
01-28-2011, 07:08 AM
- slide cable back into the guide.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110126-00164.jpg

- install new cotter pin.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00145.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110126-00165.jpg

- reinstall the metal clip onto the cable guide. I just tapped it into place with the butt end of my flathead.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00126.jpg

- complete
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110126-00166.jpg

- untuck the air inlet or re-bolt it back into place if you removed it.

- reinstall the lower airbox or intake if you have one. tighten down the two nuts and one bolt. (reinstall cold air or short ram if you have one)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00118.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00114.jpg

http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00116.jpg

- putting the air inlet tube back onto the lower airbox can be a pain. the best way is to use two fingers inside of your right hand from inside the airbox while moving the inlet tube with your left hand.

- reinstall the air filter.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/IMG-20110125-00112.jpg

- reinstall the top half of the airbox. it's easy to unseat the air filter when doing this. I suggest holding the air filter with your one hand while you maneuver the top of the airbox into place. this should keep it from moving.

- it's also easier to attach the breather tube and throttle body tube before you get the airbox all the way down into position.

- once you have the airbox top in place, tighten down the five 8mm bolts.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/DSC07178.jpg

- with channellocks, move the breather tube clamp back into position.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/DSC07163.jpg

- tighten the 10mm hose clamp on the throttle body air tube.
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii142/blueEP3piece/DIY/DSC07179.jpg

- if you needed to remove your front strut tower brace, reinstall it.

- test drive. feels good man.

ace of spades
01-28-2011, 07:09 AM
my pics still work...

BeaterEP
01-28-2011, 07:21 AM
:thumbu:

POOPTOOTH
01-28-2011, 08:07 AM
Looks good Jason, you feel a difference at all?

k20pr
01-28-2011, 08:18 AM
very nicee! do they work wheal?

ace of spades
01-28-2011, 08:38 AM
:thumbu:


Looks good Jason, you feel a difference at all?


very nicee! do they work wheal?

thanks guys

I felt more of a difference with the shifter base bushings, since I did those first. but the two together make it feel so solid when shifting.

ep3jd
01-28-2011, 08:45 AM
Nice! Glad to have you over here as well as clubep3 since I hate that site :mbiggrin:

ace of spades
01-28-2011, 08:50 AM
I use both so...

ace of spades
01-28-2011, 08:53 AM
considering my shifter base bushing DIY was just removed, that's probably gonna change. if people would rather sift through 3 pages of shit without pics for a DIY, fine with me. if you want a complete DIY without having questions, look elsewhere.

ep3jd
01-28-2011, 09:54 AM
Nooooooo ephatch > clubep3

khiemboy
06-10-2011, 11:00 AM
thanks man really helpful diy!! i just got mine in. im doing the base bushings this weekend

eternal780
06-11-2011, 05:55 PM
Where do you guys get the bushings from?

khiemboy
06-12-2011, 09:04 AM
Where do you guys get the bushings from?

corsportusa.com its one of our vendors

ace of spades
06-13-2011, 05:15 AM
thanks man really helpful diy!! i just got mine in. im doing the base bushings this weekend
glad it helped.

Where do you guys get the bushings from?

I found mines on ebay.

eternal780
06-13-2011, 08:21 PM
corsportusa.com its one of our vendors

sweet will get these next thanks guys i love this site and ive only had my car for like 1 month

NEO_FOLLOWER2
06-14-2011, 07:46 PM
sweet will get these next thanks guys i love this site and ive only had my car for like 1 month

welcome to the ep3 club =]

i still need to do this...i've been putting off doing these shifter base/ link bushings until i get a short shifter

eternal780
06-15-2011, 02:35 PM
just placed the order cant wait,

khiemboy
06-15-2011, 09:25 PM
welcome to the ep3 club =]

i still need to do this...i've been putting off doing these shifter base/ link bushings until i get a short shifter

Do it! its worth it


sweet will get these next thanks guys i love this site and ive only had my car for like 1 month

:) welcome i love this site too.

eternal780
06-15-2011, 10:44 PM
Do it! its worth it



:) welcome i love this site too.

thanks bro will post up my car as soon as i get a car wash man black is so hard to take care of ... this site is making me broke hahahaha

eternal780
07-13-2011, 04:16 PM
got the bushings in but was wondering if you reuse the old washers because there seems to be alittle play ? thanks

NEO_FOLLOWER2
11-06-2011, 11:35 PM
got the bushings in but was wondering if you reuse the old washers because there seems to be alittle play ? thanks

i got my bcss installed...im about to do these bushings
i was wondering the same thing when i was looking at the diy

NEO_FOLLOWER2
01-14-2012, 06:12 PM
i just did this.
it feels SO MUCH better. for some reason before i had this "grinding" feeling when i changed gears (it was only slightly)
but now that is all gone and the gears feel super smooth

i do have a bcss also.

advice...be careful when you're taking the old bushing off...i bent the cable when i was doing this...so i had to spend like 5 mins bending it back so it'd be straight

hAaaG
02-20-2012, 10:50 AM
nice DIY! Does anyone have the dimensions of the bushings? Would be awesome!

thx!

ep32424
02-20-2012, 07:04 PM
nice DIY i will order my bushings soon.

fdnyjon
06-04-2012, 07:51 PM
Good job :)