Has anyone reapired a bushing that holds the shift rod in place?

If you take off the leather boot and the rubber boot under that. There it is. A horizontal piece of rubber bolted on the sides and in the middle to the shifting rod.
How did YOu fix it?

 

are you talking about the bolt and 2 bushings that hold the control lever(shifter rod) to the control rod?? or the control lever socket? there are several replacable bushings and bearings on the shifter lever all of which are easy to do after you remove the lever from the car..

 

Thisis what I'm talking about

 

Well, there is one solution right there, buy a new one from nissan, but if it is anything like the drain plug for the 5speed LSD transmission (doubt it) its on back order

 

well...looks like you figured it out..good job!..that is called the holder bracket..I dont remember that rubber piece bolting onto the shifter lever though..kinda thru me off...my ram must be failing.

 

I haven't broken it myself, but I know several people that have. for a temp fix, get a couple long bolts and a handfull of zip ties and make a splint for it.

Or if you have the time to let urethane cure, make a new one out of urethane.

 

Yup... It's going to have to get a 'splint' till i can get a new one.

 

Once upon a time it was new and did not last. Must have a fundamental structural design or mfg flaw. So why buy a new one? Repair it well, so it will be better than original.

 

well my car has 216k miles on it still on the original bracket, and I beat the **** out of my car.. sometimes they just go... I wouldn't call that a design flaw. that's normal wear and tear.