There is a thread in the GD section for urethane shifter bushings for M/T 4th and 5th gens. I, personally, want one in my 3rd gen...I'm thinking if we get enough interest going for them maybe the guy willl do a production run. Or, better yet, maybe Matt or Aaron will step up and make some...It can't be that difficult of a part to fabricate, so let's create a demand for them!

 

Do I post here or in the GD forum? I REALLY REALLY want some new poly bushings for my shifter. I have no idea how sloppy these 17yr old POS's are but I want to replace them.....

~Alex

 

Let's start here and I'll bring his attention to it once we get enough interest...Post it up, guys!

 

I own an '89 Maxima. I had the engine changed with a used one (80k on it), at 400k, and the tranny changed @360k, with a brand new trans in the crate from Japan. the car will, at any time either totally drop the rpm's to 0 (at any speed), or have extreme hesitation/ or rough idle. I changed the fuel filter, injectors, pressure regulator, fuel rail, IAC assy, distributor assy, vacuum hoses, air filter, plugs, cap/rotor, and wires. I noticed that if i move the wiring harness the rough idle occurs. After moving the harness around a bit to make the rough idle occur, it dissapeared, as it often does, but now the tranny shift late from 1st to 2nd(the rpm's dont drop when it does shift, just goes into second, and rpm's keep climbing), but the 2nd to 3rd shift is a little harder. The shifting problem doesnt happen if the 1st gear rpm's stay under 3k. Anyone have any ideas? Anyone run into bad engine wiring harness's creating these problems? I have 430k on the car now, and wanted to at least hit 500k.

 

please use this thread for your question.----> http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=547514

 

Yes put me down..i have a 3rd gen and i wouldn't mind replacing my shifter bushings..it needs it too..

 

good luck getting energy to make them, and I have no ability to make urethane parts.. It took me 2 years to get Energy to make the rear parallel link bushing set, and when I finally shipped them a set of my spare links to do it, they wound up simply using some bushings they had already made for the B13 sentra kit since their rear suspension design is almost identical to ours.

anyway, the only reason we got those is because they were already made for another car. they're not about to make anything else new for a 20 yr old car.
but we can always try.

(has anyone checked to see if the 4/5 gen bushings will work in a 3 gen? )

 

I have an extra rubber shifter bushing...BTW, this thread is kind of old, but anyway...I could possibly model the part in autocad, and throw a chunk of poly in a CNC milling machine and produce one...I could also check with a local machine shop to see if they would do a limited run of them for me. Maybe I will renew my interest in making some of these and pursue it a bit more.