tightened up my stick shift (94 4runner)

[2damslow]

I was tired of the floppy stick shift lever in my runner, so I tore it apart to see if I could tighten it up. If you remove the tower, you will see a 16mm ball at the end of the shift lever. That ball goes into a metal collar that rides on top of the shift rails inside the transmission. The hole in that collar is just of 3/4 inch, so I threw a steel bushing in there that measures 5/8 by 3/4 by 1/2. The shifter is now tighter than a drum, and seems to be holding up nicely!
The bushing actually is loose inside the collar, but I think if it were any tighter it would probably bind.

Rock on...

 

[KLF]

Might wanna check this out:

http://toyota.off-road.com/toyota/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=186539&searchString=Toyota bushing

 

[Grim Reaper]

Might wanna check this out:

http://toyota.off-road.com/toyota/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=186539&searchString=Toyota bushing

Isn't it amazing...that pic is right out of the factory manual! And people don't seem to see the value of a manual.

Seriously guy...get a manual its all covered.

 

[KLF]

Actually, I made that image by screen-capturing it from the EPC. FSMs don't show part numbers.

I took the rest of the pics myself. Too bad the nitwits at ORC broke all the links to the bigger photos.

 

[2damslow]

Aw crap. I was missing that little bushing.
Hmm...
Sucks to be me...

Thanks for the info!

 

["N8"]

Go get that bushing its there si you dont wear out the transmission by having metal on metal contact.