Hi all has anyone fitted alloy gear shift cradle bushes to a cosworth 4x4 at all?
If you have do you think it is a worthwhile moddification?

 

like these ?

 

will you have a set at the weekend mate?

not that i want this to turn into a for sale add or nothing, just wondering if i should bring more or less money with me

 

makes the gear selection a bit tighter but not worth doing unless your taking the box out for other reasons

 

i fancy some of these mite see wot,s at central day?

 

bring a bit more mate.

 

bring some more and pm me your no so i can ring you at central day

 

a lot depends how worn the original rubber bushes are,

 

are you going to bump the price up because of demand then

just remember to put my name on a set please

i can say that with even decent rubber ones in place, there is still more movement that i would have liked, with one bolt missing it's damn right difficult to get into gear

and make sure you have thebox out before you start working on it as it's just a little cramped getting your hands into the gaps that don't exist

 

i have a trade stand at central day mate.

 

Yeah they're the ones mate, I have got the engine and box out at the minute and found that the rubber bushes are no more lol, the damn thing is held together purely by luck so seen them and thought I might ask.
I'm after a set so if they're available on here someone pm me please

 

Got them on my saph,deffo makes a difference.

 

Just bought a set of ebay so as soon as they get here and are fitted I will give you my input on them.
Whilst i'm on here about it I think i'm gona get a quickshift after reading all the info from Dojj on here.

 

got a set on mine well worth the money all day long

 

my quick shift came from a1? ste scott 35 quid off ebay

 

fittign a quickshift at the same time deffo makes it worth while rather than taking it apart again

all you need to do though is make sure that the little bolt underneath is tight enough without being too tight as oherwise you will have wasted all the effort and expense of fitting the uprated stuff as the change will be sloppier than a case of week old yoghurt

and yes, i made that mistake and had to suffer with it

also make sure that the bolts are in nice and tight and you use threadlock on them to stop them working lose

and don't snap the clip rings that hold the selector rod in place

 

the cradle can be removed with the gear box in its just a tight fit

 

Don't worry mate I will carefully follow your instructions before I go ahead and crack on with fitting it all.

Also gotta ask how is the sierra going mate? did you get it all finished by top boss or take it somewhere else?

 

Got the bushes yesterday fitted and all ready for action, I have to say that the difference they have made is fantastic so all I can say is top job indeed.

 

did you take the box out to fit them ?

 

the sierra is still awaiting an oil pipe that split, but it means takig the rack out which means dropping the crossmember as the bolts are too long to come out

you don't need to remove the box but you do need to drop the rear end, which may mean also dropping the exhaust and it's a fair bit of fiddling

 

do you just remove the gearbox mount,selector etc and drop the box down ? bought some for mine and a quick shift about 6 months ago, just cant be arsed to take the box out to fit them.

 

I had the box out as I had to do an engine swap on the car so my life was made very easy although saying that it would be very easy to do even with the gearbox in place.

 

there is a link in my sig mate

 

Thread revival....


Are these alloy bushes good then or am I better off fitting poly bushes to the gearbox cradle. I've been messing about with my car and noticed the gearbox cradle is really sloppy.

 

very worthwhile Glenn, next time your passing the unit and i'm in come and try the race car that has the alloy ones fitted and a quickshift knuckle, make it feel much better.
its a gear box out the to do, (you can do it with the box in but its too much grief)

Steve