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
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